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The Magpies will meet Liverpool at Wembley in two weeks’ time and only have two players ruled out of the game, but there are plenty of other concerns after three fresh injury issues emerged at the weekend and Alexander Isak suffered a possible setback in the 2-1 FA Cup defeat at the hands of Brighton & Hove Albion at St.

Howe said ahead of Saturday’s game that he could have been in line to return, but wasn’t named in the matchday squad and was deemed ‘not 100 percent’.



Jamaal Lascelles

The ex-Nottingham Forest man hasn’t played in nearly a year since sustaining a serious knee injury last season.

Alexander Isak

Missed the midweek trip to Anfield in the Premier League with a minor groin issue but returned to the team on Sunday against Brighton.



Kieran Trippier

The former Tottenham man was replaced in the latter stages of the Brighton game with a back issue, but Howe didn’t provide much more information

Trippier has fallen down the pecking order in recent months and has started just one of Newcastle's last eight Premier League matches.

Tino Livramento

The 22-year-old played the full 90 minutes at the weekend but Howe revealed after the game that he was struggling with cramp

It looks to be a minor issue amid the growing number of Newcastle concerns.

Lewis Hall

Missed out altogether on Sunday, just four days after impressing up against Mohamed Salah in the Premier League game
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