article_snippet.sent: For be assured, this was an important win for Liverpool and an important performance.
article_snippet.sent: Newcastle may be among the Barclays Premier League’s most compliant current opposition but Liverpool own football has been patchy recently.
article_snippet.sent: Liverpool’s own football have an FA Cup semi-final on Sunday and needed victory here to bring momentum and to take Liverpool’s own football to within four points of Manchester City, his team now occupying the final Champions League position.
article_snippet.sent: — Liverpool were excellent and Newcastle struggled to cope.
article_snippet.sent: The key to it was that — Liverpool were playing football that was relaxed and for that they owed much to Raheem Sterling goal.
article_snippet.sent: Liverpool players celebrate in unison as Liverpool players looked to close the gap on Manchester City .
highlights_snippet.sent: Result moves Liverpool up to within four points of Manchester City in fourth and is Newcastle's fifth defeat in a row .