Liverpool 2-1 Newcastle: Carvalho saves Reds with dramatic 98th-minute winner at Anfield

With 98 minutes on the clock, Fabio Carvalho powered home a dramatic winner as Liverpool beat Newcastle United 2-1 at Anfield.

Jurgen Klopp's Reds bask in the afterglow of promoted Bournemouth's nine-goal obliteration on Saturday as they returned to Anfield hoping for back-to-back wins.

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Liverpool managed to do just that, but it took a last minute strike to do so as summer signing Carvalho came home in a scrum in the penalty box to lift the roof off Anfield and seal a memorable 2-1 triumph.

The goal came as the clock read 97 minutes and nine seconds after just five minutes of stoppage time and tempers unraveled between the benches.

As Liverpool celebrated, it was a gutted end for Newcastle given how impressive they had been in frustrating Liverpool on a night when record signing Alexander Isak had the visitors dreaming of victory.

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The 22-year-old scored an emphatic first-half goal on his debut and saw the offside flag deny him another, but the Magpies still looked set to come away with a point as the hosts struggled after Roberto Firmino's equalizer.

But Klopp calls his team 'monsters of mentality' for a reason and Carvalho struck dead.

It was a stunning end to a night that had seen Liverpool stutter for long periods.

Eddie Howe's stubborn side had made life difficult from the start, with debutant Isak blazing on the first notable chance of the night.

Newcastle balanced defensive stiffness with the ability to put together threatening attacking moves, including one that ended with Ryan Fraser spinning and netting in from the edge of the box.

Kieran Trippier slipped as he struck a well-placed free-kick straight at Alisson Becker as murmurs of frustration pierced the air at Anfield at times.

Luis Diaz proved himself as always and was slipped by Firmino and rounded Nick Pope, only to go too far and shoot off target.

A mix of stingy defending and poor decision-making in attack meant it was Liverpool's best chance of a first half for Newcastle to take the lead four minutes later.

Trent Alexander-Arnold's undershot diagonal ball was clipped and Newcastle quickly attacked, Miguel Almiron pulling Virgil van Dijk out of position before passing to Trippier.

Jordan Henderson toed the ball from right-back inside but only pushed into the path of Sean Longstaff, who coolly slipped a pass past Fabinho and behind for Isak to strike with force in front of the displacement support.

Newcastle slowed play before half-time, upsetting the majority inside Anfield.

Liverpool started the second half awkwardly as they looked for an equalizer and saw Isak find the net with an even better goal than his thunderous opener.

Shortly after Henderson saw penalty calls ignored from a corner, Isak burst in and continued to cut Andy Robertson and Joe Gomez before beating Alisson in front of the Kop.

But the flag was raised late for offside against Isak - a decision upheld by VAR and a life-shattering moment for Liverpool.

The impressive Harvey Elliott showed quick feet and forced Pope into a low save to his right and by the 60th minute the Red hordes were delighted.

A sweeping move ended with Mohamed Salah playing for Firmino to hit a first shot past the Newcastle keeper.

Liverpool pushed with renewed intensity for a winner, but without much creativity.

Diaz saw a piledriver saved by Pope, who again denied it shortly after before Fabinho struck twice.

Salah saw a shot in stoppage time blocked by Dan Burn, leading to what turned out to be a crucial corner.

Hopefully more than expected, Carvalho was alert when the ball finally fell to the far post for him to drive home.