{"id":98408,"date":"2025-08-26T13:51:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T13:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/98408\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T13:51:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T13:51:06","slug":"liverpool-arne-slot-on-newcastle-tactics-in-his-sides-3-2-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/98408\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool: Arne Slot on Newcastle tactics in his side’s 3-2 win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool manager Arne Slot said “he is not too sure he saw a football match” in reference to Newcastle United’s gameplan during his side’s 3-2 win<\/a> at St James’ Park.<\/p>\n

The Reds’ 16-year-old forward Rio Ngumoha scored a 100th-minute winner in a breathless match during which Newcastle fought back from 2-0 down with 10 men.<\/p>\n

Opta’s statistics indicate the ball was in play for 40.8% of the match – the lowest percentage in a Premier League match since February 2010.<\/p>\n

“I’m not too sure if I saw a football match,” Slot told Sky Sports after the game. <\/p>\n

“It was set-piece after set-piece, long throws. It didn’t have a lot to do with tactics. But I liked a lot how we stood strong.”<\/p>\n

The match was played out against the backdrop of Alexander Isak’s desire to leave Newcastle for Liverpool,<\/a> which contributed to a feisty atmosphere inside the stadium.<\/p>\n

That translated onto the pitch, with Newcastle’s Anthony Gordon shown a red card for a rash challenge on Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk shortly before half-time.<\/p>\n

There were 32 fouls in total – the most in a Premier League game so far this season.<\/p>\n

“It was a very difficult first half hour, 45 minutes. We didn’t collapse at all and went 1-0 up,” said Slot.<\/p>\n

“Newcastle going down to 10 men, you would expect is a big plus for us but when a goalkeeper takes every free-kick, there is not much hope [benefit] if you are one player up. That’s why it was so difficult to bring the 2-0 over the line.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool manager Arne Slot said “he is not too sure he saw a football match” in reference to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-98408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}