Liverpool used the one-man advantage to clinch the points and reignite their aspirations of a top-four place in the Premier League table. Liverpool is now 6 points behind Newcastle, who are in fourth place, and they have one more game that needs to be played. Ultimately, Eddie Howe is left to pick between Loris Karius, a former Liverpool player, and Mark Gillespie, a Newcastle United enthusiast, for the Wembley match. Will Karius’ poor performance in the 2018 Champions League final for Liverpool stop him from being included in this year’s competition? Before that, Newcastle had taken advantage of their lack of personnel to keep Liverpool in check, leading to them winning multiple corner kicks.
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