Grading Liverpool's players in the Premier League, last night's 4-2 home win over Newcastle.

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English Premier League 2023/24

Race day

Monday, January 1, 2024

Arena

Anfield

Competition results

Liverpool 4-2 Newcastle

Alison Becker – 7 – There aren't many save moments in this game. But overall, it's considered to perform well under pressure from opposing offensive lines. Both goals conceded made it difficult to do much.

Joe Gomez – 7 – He is stationed at left-back but has some opportunity to switch sides. Today, his role in the team is very big and he has helped the defense game many times.

Virgil van Dijk – 7 – Had some good moments on the ball, but today they seemed to have trouble dealing with the speed of the visiting team's attacking line.

Ibrahim Konad – 7 – Paired well with Van Dijk, had some good tackling moments, but struggled to deal with Newcastle's counter-attacking play.

Trent Alexander-Arnold – 6 – A shot hit the post in the first half. But after that the defense was severely tested. Ineffective tackles contributed to the loss of goals.

Wataru Endo – 7 – Helps the team to press higher up the pitch. There were some good moments of possession before being replaced in the second half.

Curtis Jones – 8 – There was a goal from a tap-in moment, which played a huge role in the game in helping to chase the ball in midfield.

Dominic Sophoslai – 6 – Try to get involved in the team's attacking play. But the rhythm of passing the ball was still lacking today.

Darwin Nunez – 6 – Another day where he squandered yet another opportunity to fight one-on-one with the goalkeeper, but his shot just didn't go. However, Salah got 1 consolation assist from a pass.

Luis Diaz – 7 – Participates in the attacking game little by little. There were many beautiful moments with the ball and the team was called for a penalty. But today's finishing touch was not decisive enough.

Mohamed Salah – 9 – Missed the first penalty before making amends with two more goals and an assist, today he found space well and had several chances to win in dangerous areas.

Ryan Gravenburch (Don Soboslai p.64) – 6 – came to add freshness to the midfield. But you can't do much.

Cody Kakpo (Dan Nunez, 64) – 7 – Tried to find the final moment on his own several times, scoring 1 goal in knock-on time.

Diogo Jota (Don Diaz 64) – 8 – A reserve who came in today to clearly change the dimension of the forward line and was able to penalize the team in very good form.

Alexis McAllister (Don Endo, p.75) – 7 – It hurts to come back from injury and there was a moment when he sent a beautiful ball to Jota.

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