- Arsenal-loanee nets late equalizer to earn Steve Bruce’s side point at Anfield
- Mohammed Salah had put Liverpool ahead in the opening minutes of the match
- It was the Egyptian’s twentieth Premier League goal of the season
- VAR had chalked off Callum Wilson’s late equalizer before Willock put the goal in the net
Liverpool’s hunt for a top-four finish took a huge blow after Joe Willock scored late to earn Newcastle a point at Anfield.
Substitute Callum Wilson thought he had gotten a point for Newcastle late in the game as he bundled home in the 93rd minute only for a VAR decision to deny him the joy of an equaliser.
Yet just when it looked like the Magpies were going to depart with a tough 1-0 loss, they struck back again in added time of added time through Joe Willock.
Steve Bruce’s side made a sloppy start to the game and after Sadio Mane crossed from the left, as Ciaran Clark was only able to head it into the path of Mohammed Salah.
Salah then twisted his way around Matt Ritchie and hammered home to beat Martin Dubravka.
Jurgen Klopp’s side will be left ruing a series of missed chances in the first half that would have sealed the game.
In the 93rd minute, Saint-Maximin slipped in Wilson who scrambled the ball over the line to spark wild celebrations for the Magpies.
However, the goal was cruelly chalked off as Wilson was adjudged to have handled the ball in the build-up.
Arsenal on-loan midfielder would get the point minutes later when the ball was thrown into the final third by Fernandez before Saint-Maximin picked out Gayle who flicked it on and Willock drove home the equaliser in the 95th minute to secure a vital point.
