Liverpool FC have narrowed the gap to leaders Manchester City with their sixth win in a row in the English Premier League.
The team of coach Jürgen Klopp prevailed on Thursday evening in front of their own audience with 3: 1 (2: 1) against the table penultimate Newcastle United.
Second, the Reds have just one point less than leaders City and three more than third Chelsea.
Strongly weakened by the corona, the Londoners only managed to beat Everton 1: 1 (0: 0) and are now threatened with losing connection in the top football league.
Liverpool had to do without Virgil van Dijk and Fabinho, who had tested positive for the coronavirus before the game.
Diogo Jota (21st minute), Mohamed Salah (25th) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (87th) shot the Reds against the Magpies, who were funded by a billion-dollar Saudi consortium, to victory.
First, Jonjo Shelvey (7th) had scored the opening goal for the guests from Newcastle in Anfield.
Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel had several corona cases to report before the game.
In addition to the positively tested professionals Timo Werner, Romelu Lukaku, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz was also missing, who, according to Tuchel, complained of malaise.
Mason Mount (70th) shot the Champions League winner at Stamford Bridge for the lead, which did not last long.
Minutes later, Jarrad Branthwaite (74th) scored to equalize the troubled Everton FC.