Once Reece James whipped in a 25-yard free-kick in the 49th minute — as exquisite as his execution was, the Newcastle wall and Aaron Ramsdale never seemed comfortable with their respective positioning — the home side’s frustratingly familiar fragilities resurfaced.

The Blues’ final match before Christmas is one of the most testing away trips of the league season, and they will again have Liam Delap and Estevao unavailable. Both could be ready for their next match against Aston Villa on December 27 but remain sidelined for Newcastle.

Another week of the Premier League is back, and don't look now, but we may have a title race on our hands as Arsenal are only two points ahead of Manchester City and two points ahead of Aston Villa. Unai Emery has helped the squad rebound from a rough start to the season,

Tino Livramento is a doubt to face his old club Saturday after being forced off with a knee injury in the midweek win over Fulham, with Dan Burn, Sven Botman, Kieran Trippier, Emil Krafth and – potentially – Lewis Hall all sidelined.

There's just the one change for Liverpool from their win against Brighton last week, with Conor Bradley coming in for Joe Gomez, who is injured. Jeremie Frimpong is back on the bench, Liverpool XI: Alisson;