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Another rescue act proved beyond Harvey Elliott, as Arne Slot turned to a host of lesser-spotted options to try and salvage Liverpool's Carabao Cup hopes.

But the hero of the first leg against PSG in the Champions League was certainly involved at Wembley, and he felt the full force of a Joelinton tackle that left him limping.

Federico Chiesa, an even more fringe figure than Elliott, gave Liverpool some semblance of hope with a stoppage-time goal.



But that was more or less the last bit of actual football to be played, with Newcastle resorting to ugly tactics to see out the win from there.

It felt from the stands as though the ball never left the corner between the goal and the final whistle, except for when there was a chance to waste time at a set piece; there was surely not enough time added on in addition to what was initially signaled to account for all of the Newcastle antics.

But Liverpool did occasionally manage to get on the ball, although Joelinton made sure that Arne Slot's side could not do anything with it when that happened.

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The failed forward has never really grown out of the habit of "strikers' tackles" since moving back into midfield, routinely wiping out his opponents with industrial challenges.

And when Elliott managed to carry the ball on a rare foray forward — faced with a little bit of space, after five or six Newcastle players had been sucked into trying to trap the ball in the corner — Joelinton made it his mission to take him out.

The Liverpool playmaker managed to release the ball but still took a heavy hit for his troubles.

Joelinton grabbed Elliott around the neck in a tackle that would even have drawn a sanction in rugby.
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