Newcastle United vs. Liverpool
Premier League
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By Daniel Lewis, Football League Correspondent
Filed: Friday, September 29, 2017 at 19:03 UK
Last Updated: Friday, September 29, 2017 at 19:09 UK
Liverpool head to St James' Park on Sunday afternoon for a reunion with former boss Rafael Benitez, who is now aiming to keep Newcastle United in top-half contention in the Premier League.
Newcastle United
Like Liverpool, Newcastle have themselves experienced up-and-down emotions during the opening couple of months of the seasons after winning three and losing four of their games.
A three-match losing run was followed up by three victories on the bounce, leading to Benitez joking that Champions League football was now the target, but a 1-0 loss at Brighton & Hove Albion last weekend has left them feeling flat once more.
Still, nine points from their first six games back at this level is far from a disastrous record, and the Magpies have also turned their home into something of a fortress thanks to just two defeats on Tyneside in 15 league outing
Liverpool
The biggest problem facing Klopp on the face of it is his side's inability to defend, shipping 11 goals already in the Premier League this season - the joint-fifth worst record in the entire division.
Ten of those goals have come on their travels, giving them their worst-ever such record from their opening three away games, with half being conceded in the 5-0 thrashing at the hands of Manchester City immediately after the international break.
Since putting four past Arsenal in a scintillating display, the Reds have won once in six outings and scored a pretty disappointing - by their standards, at least - seven goals in the process.
Despite missing a raft of chances in front of goal in recent weeks, seeing them drop vital points in Europe against Sevilla and Spartak Moscow, Klopp insists that he has full faith in his attacking players to soon click back into gear.
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