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Newcastle and Liverpool finish 2 all in a match that went down to the wire.
Dominik Szoboszlai scored a dramatic stoppage-time penalty as Liverpool denied Newcastle an opening game victory at St James' Park.
Goals from Anthony Elanga and Joe Willock seemed to have given Matthias Jaissle a winning start to life as Newcastle manager, with Cody Gakpo having briefly levelled for the visitors in the second half.
However, with seconds left Victor Munoz was brought down inside the box by Lewis Hall and Szoboszlai stepped up to hammer the penalty into the roof of the net.
It was perhaps fitting that the game ended in drama. Fans of both sides had come together before it started to pay tribute to Kevin Keegan, who died last month at the age of 75.
A large tifo showing images of Keegan along with the words "King Kev" was visible in one stand, while in the centre circle there was a moving mosaic of shirts left outside the stadium following the news of his death.
After a minute's applause before kick-off it was Newcastle who made the dream start. Elanga scored his first goal for the club when he was sent away by William Osula and the forward sent a neat finish into the far corner.
Liverpool equalised after the break when Gakpo showed great accuracy to place a strike from distance beyond Newcastle goalkeeper Lukas Hornicek.
However, the Reds were level for just two minutes as substitute Willock restored Newcastle's lead, finding the bottom corner with a clinical strike.
That looked like being the winner until Hall fouled Munoz and Szoboszlai stayed calm to fire home from the spot with almost the last kick of the game.
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