Ekitike scores brace as Liverpool demolish Newcastle and move to fifth

Florian Wirtz scored for the sixth time in the last 10 games, firing a first-time effort into the bottom corner past Pope from a Mo Salah pass midway through the second half to provide Liverpool with valuable daylight

Hugo Ekitike celebrates. Pic: Peter Byrne/PA

Premier League: Liverpool 4 Newcastle 1 

IF a player who cost £69m can ever be described as the bargain of the season then Hugo Ekitike might be just that after his two latest goals underlined what has been an effortless acclimatisation to the Premier League.