Liverpool started in poor fashion during a difficult first-half against Newcastle on Wednesday.

The Reds knew it was set to be a tough evening for them up on Tyneside, with a night-time fixture at St James’ Park never an easy task.

So it proved early on, with Liverpool all at sea for large swathes of the opening 45 minutes.

Nothing worked for the Reds, with a makeshift right-hand side of the defence badly exposed against a high-pressing Newcastle team.

In truth, Liverpool were lucky to be just the one goal down at half-time. But Arne Slot has been adept at changing things for his team during second periods this season and so it proved again.

Out of nowhere, Curtis Jones fired home Mohamed Salah’s terrific outside of the boot pass and Liverpool were level. Watching live on YouTube, Jamie Carragher couldn’t hide his delight.

Liverpool were incredibly lucky to be just the one goal down after 45 minutes.

Slot made a few gambles with his starting XI with rotation very much on the mind of the Liverpool head coach.