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Newcastle and Liverpool honour Kevin Keegan on opening weekend

Newcastle and Liverpool played out a thrilling 2-2 draw in one of the headline fixtures of opening weekend in the Premier League. Both clubs and fanbases will paid tribute to late icon Kevin Keegan on what proved an emotional afternoon at St James’ Park, with the English football great having died in July following a battle with cancer.

There were new managers in both dugouts, with Matthias Jaissle now in charge of the hosts following Eddie Howe’s shock exit and Andoni Iraola selected to succeed Arne Slot as Reds boss and one of the top-flight’s classic fixtures did not disappoint as Alexander Isak’s first return to Tyneside offered another fascinating subplot.

Newcastle looked to have won the game through substitute Joe Willock’s 57th-minute strike just seconds after his introduction in the wake of the Cody Gakpo equaliser which had cancelled out Anthony Elanga’s first-half opener. However, Dominik Szoboszlai converted a stoppage-time penalty to snatch a point for the visitors in a Premier League thriller of which Keegan would have been proud. Follow Newcastle vs Liverpool back below!