Newcastle United evening headlines: Jurgen Klopp's 'brutal' admission and Jordan Pickford told to sign for Magpies

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Jurgen Klopp has admitted that it will be 'brutal' for Liverpool to face Newcastle United on Saturday even if the title chasers will 'enjoy' an intense run of fixtures after failing to get the game put back.

Liverpool play Villarreal in the first-leg of their Champions League semi-final tie on Tuesday night before travelling to St James' Park to take on Eddie Howe's resurgent side four days later. Liverpool had wanted more recovery time and further hours to prepare for the game on Tyneside and Klopp even previously went as far as to say that 'if you want to cause us problems, you send us to 12.30 at Newcastle'.

However, the game will still go ahead at 12.30pm after the Premier League rejected the Reds' appeal to move it to a later time. It will be the ninth game Liverpool have played this month as Klopp attempts to win a historic quadruple.

Newcastle United supporters had to wait a long time to witness a Premier League win at Carrow Road, but you suspect the 400-mile round trip was worth it. It was Newcastle's biggest Premier League win since 2020 and the 3-0 victory marked the first time the Magpies had won four top-flight fixtures in a row since 2018 as Howe's side moved up to ninth place in the table.

The away end were able to relax in the second half for one of the few times this season as they repeatedly urged their side to 'take the p---' and greeted completed passes with shouts of 'ole!'.

It is easy to forget that Newcastle had made a sluggish start but when Howe's side moved through the gears and produced their best move of the game, tellingly, the visitors took Norwich apart in the 37th minute. Sean Longstaff's ball over the top picked out Jacob Murphy down the