Rafa Benitez assesses Jonjo Shelvey’s hopes of an early return for Newcastle

BC-SOC-Liverpool-Newcastle, 307Super Salah continues remarkable Liverpool goal spreeAP Photo AMB818, AMB814, AMB815, AMB812Eds:. We managed to last 40 minutes then it was a mistake. The connection is there. It can give you that free swing in a game you’re not expected to win. “If you can only be happy by having one more point than them, that would be hard for any other team in the world at the moment”.

Firmino plays between Salah and Mane, often dropping back into a false nine position to execute Jurgen Klopp’s style of “Gegenpressing” with sensational efficiency.

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Just two goals between Salah, Firmino and Mane is a relative quiet day by their own high standards and the impact of the trio was initially softened by Newcastle’s stubborn defensive showing. “Not just him. We have to try to control everyone with concentration and intensity”.

Despite winning the Champions League with a remarkable fightback in Istanbul, Benitez insists his Liverpool team only reached their peak several years later.

The rest of the 19 teams in the English top-flight haven’t been able to get even close to the leading pack throughout the campaign, with many pundits and fans already crowning them as champions very early into the season.

Jonjo Shelvey is facing several weeks on the sidelines at Newcastle United.

“We know who is coming”, Klopp said.

“We’ve got Danny Ings and Dom Solanke that do it really well as well, defending from the front”. And watching the game on the video, it was a pity because we had so many chances to score the third goal and finish the game, but we didn’t do it. The synthetic pitches are much better but they are different to normal grass.

Newcastle United defender Jamaal Lascelles has been linked with Liverpool and Everton in the summer of 2018.

We were not playing very offensive football.

“We have no big injuries, it’s true, and hopefully it stays like this”, the German added.