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The final 48 hours couldn’t have gone a lot better for Newcastle United.
Our preparations for Sunday’s Carabao Cup Last kicked off with an enormous morale-boosting win at West Ham on Monday night time, that includes no accidents, a clear sheet and victory that left the group with a spring of their step as soon as once more.
Tuesday night time noticed Liverpool face PSG within the second leg of their Champions League final 16 tie at Anfield and, from a Newcastle perspective, it couldn’t have gone a lot better.
The principle headline from final night time’s Champions League motion is that PSG dumped out Liverpool on Merseyside, successful a penalty shootout after misses from Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones adopted a 1-0 win (1-1 on combination) for the Ligue 1 giants.
That in itself is a constructive – they are going to be gutted to exit and appeared shattered in added time as the sport went on for 120 minutes – however they could have additionally misplaced not less than one defender for Sunday’s ultimate.
Ibrahima Konate could possibly be high-quality, with Arne Slot indicating after the sport that the massive centre-back was pressured off resulting from fatigue, however Trent Alexander-Arnold is now a severe doubt for this weekend’s recreation.
The best-back twisted his knee and ankle in an ungainly fall halfway by way of the second half and was instantly changed by Jarrell Quansah; a centre-back by commerce however Liverpool’s solely out there possibility with Conor Bradley and Joe Gomez each sidelined.
After the sport, Arne Slot didn’t appear too hopeful on Trent’s harm saying: “I’d be stunned if he’s out there on Sunday.”
So, not solely was it an enormous blow for the Reds to be dumped out on the finish of a protracted and tiring two-legged affair with a powerful PSG facet stuffed with vitality and tempo, they appear set to be with out Alexander-Arnold at Wembley and have Konate to handle, too.
A couple of days in the past, we have been coming off the again of a fairly terrible week. Lewis Corridor and Sven Botman set to surgical procedure, Anthony Gordon banned, out the FA Cup and dropping to ninth within the Premier League forward of Monday’s journey to West Ham.
A couple of days on, we’ve overwhelmed the Hammers to nil, moved again up the sixth within the league and got here away from the London Stadium with recent perception, a clear invoice of well being and no suspensions.
For Liverpool, they’re out of the Champions League, appeared shattered in extra-time and have misplaced their most inventive pressure to harm, it appears.
The Reds have been a successful machine this season and there’s, in fact, each probability they’re wounded animals this weekend, nevertheless it feels just like the luck has been with us in the beginning of our largest weak of the season. Let’s hope that continues!
