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Howe must think big enough
It’s a while since Newcastle began a game against Liverpool as favourites, but that was their status pre-match, a situation they attacked with typical intensity. But with the visitors threatening an equaliser, Eddie Howe had a decision to make: close the game down, or seek a clinching goal? In the event, he did a bit of both, making like-for-like or defensive changes, but without ordering his players to stop pressing. Darwin Nuñez twice found space in behind his back four, and though it required a little good fortune and two fantastic finishes for his team to…
