Newcastle United 3-1 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 11 December 2010
Result
Newcastle United 3-1 Liverpool
Premier League · Saturday 11 December 2010, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Newcastle United 3-1 Liverpool: match report
Newcastle United won against Liverpool 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 December 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.
Kevin Nolan opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Kevin Nolan (16'), Joey Barton (80') and Andy Carroll (90+1'). Liverpool scored through Dirk Kuyt (50').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 14th on 19 points from 16 and Liverpool 8th on 22 points from 16. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 46 points, and Liverpool 6th with 58.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Liverpool in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Andy Carroll of Newcastle United (8.9), ahead of Raúl Meireles (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newcastle United wins, 0 draws and 8 for Liverpool.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Kevin Nolan
- 19'Yellow card · Glen Johnson
- 50'Goal · Dirk Kuyt
- 78'Yellow card · Jonás Gutiérrez
- 80'Goal · Joey Barton
- 83'Yellow card · Cheik Tiote
- 90+1'Goal · Andy Carroll
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Steven Taylor, Sulzeer Campbell, José Enrique, Joey Barton, Kevin Nolan, Cheik Tiote, Jonás Gutiérrez, Shola Ameobi, Andy Carroll
Liverpool line-up (4-4-1-1)
Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Martin Škrtel, Paul Konchesky, Dirk Kuyt, Raúl Meireles, Lucas Leiva, Maxi Rodríguez, David N'Gog, Fernando Torres