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By Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport
Liverpool v Newcastle – a fixture that has seen bags of goals and a great deal of iconic moments.
The two sides meet again at Anfield on Saturday (kick-off 12:30 BST) using Liverpool top of this table won their opening four matches, although Newcastle have enhanced following a poor start.
Use the rated list below to put these Liverpool v Newcastle Premier League games in order of has been the most memorable.
Rank these six unforgettable Liverpool v Newcastle games in the Premier League age
Goalscorer: Andy Cole (3)
Kevin Keegan’s side, dubbed’The Entertainers’, were playing with their first Premier League campaign in 1993-94 with won the Division One title the previous year.
Liverpool, to St James’ Park, came under Graeme Souness as one but had been beaten by the first-half hat-trick in conditions from the north west of Andy Cole.
Cole’s first two goals were poacher’s attempts, stretching out a leg ahead of Bruce Grobbelaar on both occasions to convert from six yards out, while his third has been side-footed in from similar space.
Roy Evans dropped his job in January and replaced souness. While the Magpies secured a third-place finish, liverpool ended the season.
Goalscorers: Robbie Fowler (2), Stan Collymore (2); Les Ferdinand, David Ginola, Faustino Asprilla
Them’s greatest League match all? The ebb and flow of an extremely dramatic contest played below the floodlights on a pitch before a Anfield crowd.
Reds legend Robbie Fowler led in at the back post for its opener, while Newcastle equalised as the shot of Les Ferdinand squirmed through David James’ palms on.
Frenchman David Ginola conducted through on goal and coolly slotted in to 2-1, but Fowler equalised in the second half.
Faustino Asprilla stroked in as James flew to put Newcastle in front again, before Stan Collymore transformed in Jason McAteer cross for 3-3.
With John Barnes and Ian Rush and time running out playing keep-ball in the opposition halfof the ball was squeezed wide for Collymore out to smash home the winner in injury time.
Martin Tyler’s memorable, humorous commentary on Sky Sports attained a crescendo:”Barnes, Rush, Barnes, still John Barnes, Collymore… CLOSING INNNNNNN, Liverpool lead to stoppage time! Kevin Keegan hangs his mind, he is devastated.”
Liverpool fans went wild in the stands, even while their frontman Keegan slumped on the advertising hoardings in a few of their Premier League moments, knowing the title was falling away.
Goalscorers: Steve McManaman, Patrik Berger, Robbie Fowler (2); Keith Gillespie, Faustino Asprilla, Warren Barton
Remarkably, the following season saw another 4-3 match is shared by these 2 sides in Anfield after Keegan needed sensationally quit in January 1997, and it was a similar feeling for Newcastle, that had Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish accountable.
The Anfield surface was considerably better on this event and Steve McManaman’s opener was so exceptional, curling in the edge of the area in a finish.
A minute afterwards, Patrik Berger made it 2-0 after Fowler’s shot ricocheted off the pole, while the Englishman attacked home the third ahead of the reluctant Shaka Hislop – before half-time.
Newcastle came out shooting in the second stage – Keith Gillespie pulling back one in the edge of the box by means of a James howler.
James went walkabout letting Asprilla to lob in a brilliant conclusion on 87 minutes and Warren Barton thought he’d earned a point a minute later after he poked into 3-3.
But Newcastle’s joy was short lived as Fowler jumped to fulfill the cross of Stig Inge Bjornebye as the Magpies finished second to Manchester United in the match and plant a header into the corner. Again.
Goalscorers: David Edgar; Steven Gerrard (two ), Sami Hyypia, Ryan Babel, Xabi Alonso
Rafael Benitez’s title-chasing side thumped Joe Kinnear’s men 5-1 – before turning supplied to the towering header from a corner of Hyypia, Gerrard smacking off the article from the opener.
Newcastle pulled one back before however Babel scrambled in, Gerrard conducted and dinked in his moment, while Alonso added the fifth in the penalty spot.
The place of Liverpool was cemented by the result near the peak of the table and 11 pulls cost them dearly, finally losing the title by four points even though they lost during the 2008-09 season.
Goalscorers: Kevin Nolan, Joey Barton, Andy Carroll
Several Magpies fans could have hoped for a better beginning, After Alan Pardew was appointed Newcastle manager to substitute Chris Hughton.
Kevin Nolan lashed home the opener the equaliser of Dirk Kuyt for a Liverpool side featuring David Ngog, Paul Konchesky and Sotirios Kyrgiakos.
With 10 minutes remaining, Joey Barton nipped in ahead of Glen Johnson and Pepe Reina to poke home the next, while Andy Carroll smacked at a low.
Roy Hodgson has been sacked just a month later to be substituted by Dalglish and was left licking his face in embarrassment over the touchline.
Goalscorers: Daniel Agger, Jordan Henderson (2), Daniel Sturridge (2), Fabio Borini
The other Newcastle thrashing at the hands of Liverpool at St James’ Park, their biggest is defeated by this 6-0 .
This was Liverpool’s first game since striker Luis Suarez has been given a hefty ban for biting on at Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic, but they didn’t overlook the Uruguayan.
January registering Philippe Coutinho was influential, crossing to venture from the opener and Jordan Henderson finished off a fine team move.
It got worse for the hosts in Daniel Sturridge slotting home from the overhaul of Coutinho the second half as well as the Englishman then rolling in the fourth out of close selection.
Fabio Borini came off the bench to score the fifth from Stewart Downing’s cut-back and Henderson curly in a.
Liverpool finished seventh in Brendan Rodgers’ first season while Newcastle finished five points clear of the relegation zone.
The very first actual classic involving the sides came in December 1909 when they shared the Reds coming down in half-time to acquire 6-5 against Newcastle side that were champions at the moment, an 11-goal thriller.
In January 1934 11 targets were once again seen by the fixture, but this period Newcastle pummelled their opponents 9-2 – the Liverpool have surrendered in a top-flight match.
The 1950-51 season proved to be a memorable one for Newcastle, claiming the FA Cup, plus they beat Liverpool 4-2 in Anfield in November, aided by Chilean George Robledo’s hat-trick.
Back in September 1987, Steve Nicol netted a hat-trick as Liverpool ran out 4-1 winners in St James’ Park in one of many brilliant performances from a side – including John Barnes and Peter Beardsley – which would go on to win the championship title in some fashion.
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