This was a classic in every sense, just one goal short of the seven in the great Anfield shootout between these two clubs 28 years ago, and a night when Liverpool thought they had a season-defining win only for it to be snatched away.

The temptation is to suggest that, with their dynamism and determination, their fearlessness and ferocity, Newcastle revived a title race that was in danger of a premature death. Certainly, they gave a little hope to the rest, though it took a colossal effort, with industrial quantities of dynamism and determination, to deny Liverpool.

Arne Slots' team came from a goal down twice, and took a 3-2 lead into the dying moments when Newcastle rescued a point