NEWCASTLE UNITED'S wait for a Premier League win at Anfield goes on after Eddie Howe's side went down 4-1 to Liverpool on Saturday night.

Newcastle, who last won at Anfield in 1994, led through Anthony Gordon in the first half but a Hugo Ekitike double and second half goals from Florian Wirtz and Ibrahima Konate secured the points for the reigning Premier League champions.

Here are the game's main talking points:

HOWE'S BIG CALL

It was a bold call from Eddie Howe to start with £125m worth of strikers on the bench and Anthony Gordon leading the line, but for 40 minutes it looked like a masterstroke.

Gordon’s finish to give the Magpies a deserved a lead in the 36th minute would have delighted any Premier League marksman, a clinical and instinctive low drive to Alisson’s right.

Howe clearly felt Gordon’s pace would trouble Liverpool and he was quickly proved right. Less than two minutes were on the clock when Gordon first broke behind the home defence but saw his low cross cut out. The forward – who might have been...