Despite playing with 10-men for the majority of the game, Newcastle managed to hold on to a 2-2 draw against Liverpool yesterday lunchtime.
Yohan Cabaye’s wonder strike gave the hosts the lead before Yanga-Mbiwa was sent off for fouling Luis Suarez in the penalty area, which resulted in Steven Gerrard netting his 100th Premier League goal.
Surprisingly though, it was The Magpies who took the lead in the second half thanks to Paul Dummett, but Daniel Sturridge had the last say as he equalised for the visitors.
Read reaction from the manager’s below.
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew:
“I thought it was great advertisement for the Premier League. In the opening period of the game, when we had 11 players, we were matching them.
“Then we had the guy sent off and I have no qualms about that, he had to go. So we had to show our other side – the resilience. We showed it before against Cardiff and we showed it against Liverpool.
“It was a great game on the pitch there as real quality.”
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers:
“It was a very good game and one we are obviously disappointed not have got three points from.
“It has been difficult; we had 13 players away playing two games in the international break. To show the character we did, as well produce some of the play we did, was outstanding.
“We are disappointed not to get all three, but to come back twice I think the point was the least we deserved. We are on the right path and this point could be important at the end of the season.”
