Fabio Carvalho grabs last-gasp winner for Liverpool against Newcastle United

Super sub Fabio Carvalho sent Anfield wild by scrambling home a Liverpool winner and finally breaking Newcastle’s resolve eight minutes into stoppage time.

Jurgen Klopp’s Reds had been basking in the afterglow of Saturday’s nine-goal annihilation of promoted Bournemouth as they returned home looking to secure back-to-back victories.

Liverpool managed to do just that but it took a last-gasp strike to do so as summer signing Carvalho turned home in a penalty-box melee to lift the roof off Anfield and seal a memorable 2-1 triumph.

The goal came with the clock reading 97 minutes and nine seconds after only five minutes of stoppage time were shown and tempers frayed between the benches.

While Liverpool celebrated, it was a gutting end for Newcastle given how impressive they had been in frustrating the hosts on a night when record signing Alexander Isak had the visitors dreaming of a win.

The 22-year-old scored an emphatic first-half strike on his debut and saw the offside flag deny him another, but the Magpies still looked set to leave with a point as Liverpool toiled following Roberto Firmino’s equaliser.

But Klopp calls his team “mentality monsters” for a reason and Carvalho struck at the death.

“I was just in the right area. Look at this, these fans they kept us going,” the match-winner told BT Sport after the game.

“Without the fans this wouldn't be possible. We just kept going and a well deserved three points. It was a bit frustrating at times, they had players going down but let's not talk about them, let's talk about us.

“Hopefully we can build on this. We have to keep going and keep working and more wins will come.”

Eddie Howe’s dogged side had made life difficult from the outset, with debutant Isak blazing over the