Leap of faith pays off for Steve McClaren and Newcastle

Newcastle 2 Liverpool 0

Jurgen Klopp’s team had scored 13 goals in their last three away games, but forced Newcastle keeper Rob Elliot to make a solitary save — and that didn’t come until the final minutes of a match which slipped away from Liverpool after Martin Skrtel deflected Georginio Wijnaldum’s shot past his own goalkeeper in the second half.

Wijnaldum added United’s second in stoppage time to secure a win that lifted them above Sunderland, but leaves them still in the relegation zone.