Lee Clark: My Mersey mission ahead of Newcastle United's clash against Liverpool

I was in the Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand at Anfield and got a very close up view of what we can expect on Saturday when Liverpool come to town. Since Jurgen Klopp has came into Liverpool nothing has change. Without the ball they are an unbelievable pressing team and have fantastic work ethic.

He has every single player buying into that now from his superstar attackers to everybody on the field. Wednesday night against Villarreal was intriguing because the La Liga side came and sat in meaning Liverpool had to be patient.

They played deep and then tried to play out from the back. Liverpool showed their qualities and showed what they are, one of the best team in the world at the moment.

What may work in Newcastle's favour is the fact that it's only going to be 60 hours between the game finishing and the kick off on Tyneside. That's not a lot of time to recover for a match as massive as this.

When you are going to the team that are second in the form table in 2022 behind yourselves and coming into a fortress like St James' Park, it's not an easy game. This is an extremely tough match for Liverpool.

Whenever Liverpool make a substitution, the team shape remains the same. Liverpool make numerous changes per game but the team performs the same.

Look at the other night he brought on Keïta, Jota and Origi plus Gomez. That shows the quality. This is a great example of what Newcastle have to achieve. Perhaps Eddie Howe is moving in the right direction.

He was able to make four changes at Norwich and leave out Jonjo Shelvey, Fabian Schar, Miguel Almiron and Chris Wood. But they still won the game and comfortably. In the past making so many changes they would have got an inferior result or performance.

It was always just about the