Going forward, though, they look irresistible under Slot. Liverpool have now scored 90 goals in 39 Premier League games under the Dutchman - an average of 2.3 per game. That is the best ratio of any Reds manager in the top flight. For now at least, they are coping better without Isak than Newcastle.

After a thrilling game in which Liverpool led 2-0 and Newcastle went down a man, only to level 2-2, Rio Ngumoha gave the Reds a dramatic late victory. Here's how it happened.

Finding the net on his top-flight debut, Nguhoma becomes the fourth-youngest scorer in Premier League history (16 years, 361 days), behind James Vaughan (16 years, 270 days), James Milner (16 years, 356 days) and Wayne Rooney (16 years, 360 days).