"We rode our luck at times and our keeper has made a few saves which you have to when you're playing against one of the best teams in the country and in Europe.

But their keeper made a couple of great saves as well so I couldn't fault them to a man.

"We did cause a few problems for ourselves we need to improve on the ball especially late on we gave it away cheaply and caused ourselves a few problems with that but that's probably the tiredness and fatigue.

"They've put in a hell of a shift not just tonight but the other day against Man City as well.

"The goalkeeper has produced some great saves but the spirit and attitude and we created a few chances ourselves.

"When you play against arguably one of the best teams in the world you need a bit of luck but the spirit and the endeavour was there for all to see. I am delighted with them.

"Overall, very, very pleased with the performance.

"We are trying to be a little higher up the pitch and I think that has been the case in the last few games. We've had Manchester City and now Liverpool so to get a point is terrific.

"The one thing you want is competition and you can see Karl Darlow is doing all he can to keep the shirt. He works tirelessly behind the scenes but of course Martin Dubravka has won all the plaudits and the player of the year award.

"we needed our second goalkeeper to step up and at the moment the jersey's his because of his performances. We've had to call on him a bit too much at times but there's no denying hes been terrific all season.

"(Callum Wilson is) a proper number nine, he's been terrific since he arrived and given us that goal threat and physicality.

"He leads the line terrifically well we have to improve to get him some support and something to feed off. In the final third that's what we need to do - defensively we do well but we need to convert it into opportunities for our centre forward.

"For us, we knew we let everyone down in a big cup tie. We blew it. We have to take the criticism that comes our way and accept it but I hope the supporters who watched this game today could really enjoy the performance.

"It was a great performance and let's look forward to Sunday."

Jurgen Klopp commented:

"We found a lot of solutions today, created chances but didn’t use them that's why it’s 0-0. But I liked the game – this is a draw which we are not happy with the result but I’m fine with the performance because that’s the way we have to play and protect we did all that but it’s still disappointing.

"It is how it is: we had all these moments – it’s normal. We had to keep going and they defended with all they had but then we were left with just one player up front.

"(We) played super football but we have to respect the result and take what was right and what was wrong. I don’t think much was wrong except the finishing and we have to just keep going and if we can finish those things then we will win football games.

"The last thing I’m thinking about is our position in the table at the moment. It’s nice but it doesn’t mean anything. We drew tonight and we are still top of the table so that just shows how difficult the season is for everybody. When life gives you lemons make lemonade.

"We have to keep going, next game, Southampton, Aston Villa, Man United and that’s good we know about our responsibility. We didn’t get the result we wanted but it’s not the worst thing in the world there are worse things happening."

"The Premier League is only good teams. We had big chances. The opposition is good and that happens all the time. You might not think I have to tip my hat to my team but I like the performance. It was really good, can we play better football? Yes, but in this game we did more than enough to win it.

"I think we had four 100% chances. We have won against Newcastle before with fewer chances. Tonight we didn't but we accept that. I am happy with the things I saw tonight and I can really work with that.

"The boys are frustrated and rightly so but not about the performance. It is a basis to build on for the next few days, weeks, months."

On Thiago:

"We could see a lot of moments how good a footballer he is. Now we have to see how he reacts and all that stuff. We have another game in four days. James Milner played a super game in midfield after an injury break. Nat Phillips did his job against, really strong against 100% strikers.

"A really good game but not the result we want."
 

Newcastle ended 2020 with an unexpected but well deserved point against the Premier League leaders at St. James' Park on Wednesday evening.

On the night that Martin Dubravka was on the bench for the first time this season after recovering from injury, current Magpies goalkeeper Karl Darlow was in sparkling form.