Newcastle 2–2 Liverpool
2026-08-23 · Matchweek 1
· Referee: Stuart Attwell · VAR: James Bell
A penalty to Liverpool in the 90th minute. Newcastle were booked 5 times — 2.8× their usual 1.8 — to Liverpool's 3.
How Stuart Attwell refereed it
Attwell showed 8 yellow cards against a career average of 3.7, and awarded 31 fouls against an average of 20.7.
Match statistics
| Newcastle | Liverpool | |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow cards | 5 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Fouls | 16 | 15 |
| Penalties | 0 | 1 |
The card
The same card posted after the match. A style read, not a verdict.
Key moments
| Min | Event | Team | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5' | Normal Goal | Newcastle | A. Elanga | 1-0 |
| 25' | Yellow Card | Newcastle | Yoane Wissa | 1-0 |
| 30' | Yellow Card | Liverpool | Jeremie Frimpong | 1-0 |
| 30' | Yellow Card | Liverpool | Miloš Kerkez | 1-0 |
| 34' | Yellow Card | Newcastle | Lewis Miley | 1-0 |
| 55' | Normal Goal | Liverpool | C. Gakpo | 1-1 |
| 57' | Normal Goal | Newcastle | J. Willock | 2-1 |
| 64' | Yellow Card | Newcastle | Jacob Ramsey | 2-1 |
| 79' | Yellow Card | Newcastle | Jacob Murphy | 2-1 |
| 90' | Yellow Card | Liverpool | Virgil van Dijk | 2-1 |
| 90' | Penalty | Liverpool | D. Szoboszlai | 2-2 |
| 90+3' | Yellow Card | Newcastle | Lukáš Horníček | 2-2 |