The English goalkeeper came out to shorten almost halfway up the pitch, missed the ball, touched it with his hand and was sent off.
A true nightmare lived the Newcastle in less than 25 minutes in the match once morest Liverpool. And it is that, following the early goals of Darwin Núñez (10 ‘) and Cody Gakpo (17 ‘), the goalkeeper Nick Pope He starred in one of the mistakes of the day, and perhaps even of the year.
At 22 minutes and following a precise long pass from the Brazilian Alisson to Mohamed Salah, the lanky goalkeeper wanted to intercept the ball with his head in three quarters of the field, but missed on his header, touching the ball with his hand as he fell.
The commitment judge did not hesitate and sent off the ‘magpies’ goalkeeper, who were left with ten men and a score once morest in just the first quarter of the match.
It should be noted that the commitment is still being played at St James’ Park. The score remains 0-2 in favor of the ‘reds’.
A tremendous ‘blooper’ that adds to those of Emiliano Martinez in Aston Villa’s defeat once morest Arsenal (2-4), where ‘Dibu’ was the protagonist in the last two goals for the ‘Gunners’ with an unusual own goal and following going up to head a corner, both in the agony of the match .
