Premier League result: 10-man Newcastle United see Nick Pope sent off as goals from Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo secure big win for Liverpool

Salah eventually takes the free kick but sees his curling effort clip the top of the wall and bounce away.

The Reds are shaky defending a succession of corners, but then break at speed through Nunez and Salah.

The Egyptian charges towards the area but is brought down by Almiron.

Set piece to the visitors 20 yards out and right of centre.

The Magpies may be a man down but they have remained a very real threat on the break, with Saint-Maximin in particular requiring some extra attention.

Let's hope Sunday's final goes much more smoothly for him...

Saint-Maximin drives in from the right and then twists and turns before digging out a shot that Alisson just about tips on to the crossbar.

Liverpool's supporters are audible from the upper echelons of the ground. The rest of St James's Park is pretty quiet.

Gakpo gets on the end of the resulting free kick from TAA but heads straight at Dubravka. The sub keeper is straight into the action!

Dubravka on for Anderson.

Nick Pope comes charging out of his area to try and stop Salah getting on the end of a quick kick from Alisson. He judges it all wrong and ends up handling the ball after missing an attempted header. It's a crazy decision and could be very costly.

Fabinho is too slow sliding into the challenge and takes down Anderson. That's an easy decision for the referee.

The Dutchman has arrived!

VAR checked for offside for an age (yet again), but Gakpo was clearly onside.

Gakpo takes down Salah's lovely first-time pass and flashes it past Pope on the stretch.

Isak makes a burst through the middle but Saint-Maximin can't quite find him with a ball in-behind from the left.

TAA is at it again as he scampers down the right and teases a lovely ball across the six-yard box that Trippier is forced to turn behind on the stretch.

Most of the early running was made by the Magpies, but the pass from TAA and the finish from Nunez were truly world class.