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Rio the Hero at St James' Park
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Rio the Hero at St James' Park

Liverpool survive a storm, Arsenal and Spurs eye the same defender and the most English sounding local derby

What a night at St James’ Park. Newcastle fans made it hostile from the moment Liverpool’s bus arrived, but Arne Slot’s Reds held their nerve in a fiery, dramatic Premier League classic. Ryan Gravenberch opened the scoring with a beauty, before Anthony Gordon’s rash challenge on Virgil van Dijk saw Newcastle reduced to ten - with tramlines down the Dutc…

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