CALM DOWN.. JUR KIDDING!
Kop boss should realise the fans are right to feel angry
soul and of their club. How they’d have enjoyed sticking it to Henry and his billionaire cohorts in a live TV game broadcast around the globe.
Plenty of owners have been vocal at how the absence of crowds during Covid has damaged football – and cost them millions.
But maybe this was one weekend when Henry might have felt an empty Anfield was a blessing in disguise. Imagine the Kop making their point at full volume for 90 minutes?
No doubt Henry was tuning in to watch this clash from his luxury Boston home.
And he must have choked on his breakfast eggs as Newcastle gave Liverpool’s Champions League hopes a kick where it hurts.
Liverpool’s dream was to turn their back on UEFA’S blue-riband tournament with the ESL. Ironic then that you could see the clear disappointment of two dropped points etched on the face of the Liverpool manager (right) as his side’s top-four hopes were dealt a blow.
Yet a point was nothing less than Bruce’s men deserved for a gutsy display after falling behind to Mo Salah’s superb thirdminute goal.
Liverpool had more shots than when they beat Crystal Palace 7-0 but, thanks to the heroics of Martin Dubravka, Newcastle stayed in the game – and delivered a classic sting in the tail.
After substitute Callum Wilson’s 92nd-minute goal was ludicrously ruled out by VAR for handball, Newcastle looked done.
Delight
But back they came for one last attack – and Willock made Liverpool pay for missed chances with a goal that took a hefty deflection off Fabinho to send Bruce and his bench wild with delight.
Not a win, but a victory of sorts for the Geordies.