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Mohamed Salah endured a miserable night at Tyneside as Newcastle struggled to a draw with Liverpool.
The Egyptian international squandered decent chances on either side of the break just by beating goalkeeper Karl Darlow, and his attacking partner Roberto Firmino, who saw two superbly saved headers, was equally wasteful at St James’ Park.
Three days after humble West Brom scored late to snatch a point from Anfield, Jurgen Klopp’s men, who have now only won two of their eight league away games this season, were frustrated once again, though needed a late clearance from Fabian at the goal line. The brilliance of Schar and Darlow to keep them at bay.
Even the most optimistic of Newcastle supporters sat watching through their fingers how a team without a win in four games in all competitions, a streak that included a Carabao Cup quarter-final exit at the hands of Sky Bet Championship Brentford, came head-on. face to face with the league leaders.
Therefore, they would have been pleasantly surprised to see the home team start on the front foot rather than absorb the pressure with returning striker Callum Wilson, almost catching Alisson off guard with a speculative shot in the second minute from a slightly off angle likely before Joelinton takes a look at the resulting corner. large.
The Reds needed Alisson to be in his prime to deny Wilson once again ten minutes later, after he showed defender Nathaniel Phillips a clean pair of heels.
However, Sadio Mane outscored Federico Fernandez only for Schar to intercept and Trent Alexander-Arnold directed a James Milner cross into Darlow’s arms.
Liverpool should have been 11 minutes ahead of half-time when Salah overcame the offside trap to control the ball in front of Darlow’s advance, but Newcastle’s block produced a brilliant point-blank save, which he repeated in injury time to repel Firmino’s header.
Mane headed for the side net from Alexander-Arnold’s 49-minute corner and as Liverpool turned the screw with Mane doing his full repertoire of tricks, the Magpies’ rear came under increasing pressure.
But it was Salah who, once again, should have broken the tie with 66 minutes elapsed when Firmino played it, but after stabilizing, he directed his effort beyond the right post.
Firmino was equally a waste when presented with a glorious opportunity at the far post three minutes later when Newcastle seized his luck.
It almost got much better for the Magpies with 11 minutes remaining when Ciaran Clark found Matt Ritchie’s free kick with a downward header that Alisson had to reject.
But Schar cut the ball off his own line ahead of Mane seconds later and Darlow looked brilliantly with another header from Firmino in the death to preserve his clean sheet.
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