{"id":8843,"date":"2018-03-05T18:30:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T18:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/?p=8843"},"modified":"2018-03-04T17:00:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T17:00:11","slug":"view-main-stand-liverpool-second-beat-newcastle-easy-2-0-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2018\/03\/view-main-stand-liverpool-second-beat-newcastle-easy-2-0-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"View from the Main Stand: Liverpool up to second as they beat Newcastle in easy 2-0 victory"},"content":{"rendered":"
Situated on the broadcasting gantry within Anfield\u2019s main stand, Oliver Miller <\/em>offers his view on Liverpool\u2019s Premier League match against Newcastle United.<\/h3>\n
At their sparkling best Liverpool were not. It was a bitterly cold and slightly foggy evening at Anfield and, although Mohamed Salah kept his scoring run going to send Liverpool back to second place in the league table, it was not a match to warm the cockles of one’s heart. Despite Liverpool leapfrogging Manchester United \u2013 albeit before United\u2019s game on Monday evening against Crystal Palace and the big one at Old Trafford next Saturday \u2013 it was the prospect of widening the gap between themselves and Chelsea in fifth that Liverpool supporters relished. It revealed the honest truth that being named the \u2018best of the rest\u2019 would be nice but finishing in the top four is the main objective.<\/p>\n
Despite the lack of quality football on show, it was a comfortable victory for the hosts. It was achieved with relative ease and underlined why this is the most entertaining Anfield team in a long while. They scored their 200th goal of the Jurgen Klopp reign in his 97th fixture. \u201cWhen something is good \u2013 as it is obviously \u2013 the faith and trust improves,\u201d said Klopp, noting a more patient, believing Anfield crowd than the one he inherited. \u201cYou have to earn things like this. The people now are more convinced that it can happen in a moment than they did before.\u201d That might explain the rather low-key atmosphere around Anfield as night descended, or perhaps that was the chilly evening breeze.<\/p>\n