LIVERPOOL versus Newcastle United always stands out as one of the most enticing fixtures across a Premier League season.
Their first match-up of the 2024/25 campaign lived up to that billing too as it wound up being a 3-3 draw.
Dominik Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah led the way for them on Sunday[/caption]
These sides will of course meet for a third time in the League Cup final on March 16.
The Reds come into today’s game riding high after virtually securing the league crown over the weekend between beating Man City at the Etihad and Arsenal’s unexpected slip-up while hosting West Ham.
The Toon meanwhile, came out the right side of a seven-goal thriller with fellow Champions League chasers Nottingham Forest.
Here’s everything you need to know around how to catch tonight’s pick of the midweek Premier League ties:
What TV channel is Liverpool vs Newcastle on?
It’ll be broadcast live on TNT Sports 1. So it can be streamed via their app or through Now TV.
TNT Sports 4 will have Man United hosting Ipswich Town.
What time is kick-off between Liverpool and Newcastle?
It’s due to start at 8.15pm.
What are the odds?
Arne Slot’s table toppers are 2/5 favourites while the Magpies are 11/2.
A draw is available at 4/1.
Salah for Ballon d’Or?
He has spent his entire career proving people wrong.
Yet for Liverpool’s brilliant, 32-year-old talisman, to be crowned the best player on the planet would be his greatest achievement – for a variety of reasons.
From being a Chelsea flop and then not wanted by Jurgen Klopp to becoming one of Liverpool’s greatest players while firing Arne Slot to a stunning debut season with 30 goals.
And we’re only in February.
It is inevitable that Salah will collect his second Premier League winners’ medal – but could he pip the likes of Kylian Mbappe to the Ballon d’Or later this year?
It is difficult to believe that 11 years ago last month, Salah joined Chelsea from Basel for £11m, but in his two years at Stamford Bridge made just six Premier League starts and scored only two goals.
This was because he spent most of his time away from West London on loan at Fiorentina and Roma.
Although fingers have always pointed at Jose Mourinho, who was in charge for much of the time when Salah was a Chelsea player, the Portuguese coach said: “For a start, people try to identify me as the coach that sold Salah.
“I am the coach that bought Salah. It’s completely the wrong idea.
“I pushed the club to buy him and at the time we already had fantastic attacking players – Hazard, Willian, we had top talent there. But I told them to buy that kid.”
Salah was sold once Mourinho had left the club and proved to be a huge hit for Roma in a £12m move.
But after shining in Serie A, he returned to England for £34m in 2017 yet incredibly, the move was not initially wanted by Liverpool manager Klopp.
Klopp’s first preference was to sign German international Julian Brandt from Bayer Leverkusen.
Instead, Liverpool’s head of recruitment at the time Dave Fallows was the person who insisted on the club signing Salah.
Yet the Egyptian was an instant sensation, scoring 44 goals from 52 games.
