Pope's red card adds to Newcastle woe as Liverpool ignite top-four challenge

The goalkeeper will now miss next week’s Carabao Cup final, with Loris Karius the likely replacement.

NICK POPE’S CARABAO Cup final dream went up in smoke as Liverpool put themselves back into the race for the top four with a 2-0 win at Newcastle.

However, the Magpies’ hopes of extending their unbeaten league run to a club-record 18 games had already been fatally wounded by goals from Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo inside the opening 17 minutes as the visitors – the only side to beat Newcastle in the league this season – ruthlessly exploited the space behind central defenders Fabian Schar and Sven Botman to run out 2-0 winners.

They doubled their lead seven minutes later when Gakpo timed his run to meet Mohamed Salah’s ball over the top to perfection and beat the stranded Pope with the Magpies’ hopes of a reprieve at the hands of the video assistant once again coming to nothing.

Liverpool retained possession with ease for long periods after the restart knowing their job was all but done against the 10 men.

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