When the Magpies’ opening goal went in, very early on, it felt like we might be dropping our first points of the season. How wrong a feeling that was, because Klopp’s red machine cranked up a gear and destroyed Newcastle from that moment onwards, like a “goal down” switch was flicked, and we came into our own. It was as dominating a win as one could hope for, and below we will tell you why with match stats, expected goals, press conference clips, professional match reports from Wyscout and a player vote.

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