{"id":362161,"date":"2025-08-21T13:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/362161\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T13:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:41:11","slug":"paul-merson-makes-insane-prediction-for-newcastle-united-vs-liverpool-amid-alexander-isak-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/362161\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Merson makes ‘insane’ prediction for Newcastle United vs Liverpool amid Alexander Isak drama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

St James\u2019 Park will be a bear pit when Newcastle United face Liverpool on Monday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It appears to be a perfect storm. The first home game of the season is always special, while Newcastle United vs Liverpool<\/a> is one of the Premier League\u2019s most famous fixtures.<\/p>\n

On top of that, it is a night game at St James\u2019 Park<\/a> with the subplot of Alexander Isak\u2019s future<\/a>. He will not be involved on Monday night, with the 25-year-old refusing to play. <\/p>\n

Newcastle fans sang about Isak<\/a> at Villa Park on Saturday, and will likely give him a fresh message up against the team he wants to sign for.<\/p>\n

It should be an electric night on Tyneside, with Paul Merson predicting a four-goal thriller and an \u2018insane atmosphere\u2019. One of those things is definitely guaranteed\u2026<\/p>\n

\"EddiePhoto by Liverpool FC\/Liverpool FC via Getty ImagesPaul Merson backs Newcastle United to draw with Liverpool<\/p>\n

As part of his Premier League predictions for Sportskeeda<\/a>, Merson has predicted the result of Newcastle United vs Liverpool<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The former Arsenal forward believes it will end in a draw, admitting that he was impressed with the Magpies during their opening day clash with Aston Villa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to Alexander Isak, this has become the spiciest game of the season!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a massive acid test for Liverpool at St James\u2019 Park. I was impressed with Newcastle against Villa last weekend. Sandro Tonali was different class and if they had a proper centre-forward, they would have won that game easily. I suppose that\u2019s why the fans are so angry with Isak, Newcastle are not a bad team anymore!\u201d<\/p>\n

Merson added: \u201cIt will be an insane atmosphere on Monday night, no doubt about it. This is a hard test for Liverpool against Newcastle\u2019s midfield. Liverpool made it an end-to-end game against Bournemouth because they knew it suits them. Even though they conceded twice in that game, they still scored four goals. But if Newcastle can keep things tight and be solid in midfield, which I think they will, it won\u2019t be easy for Liverpool.<\/p>\n

\u201cArne Slot\u2019s men are always going to be a bit open on the right side because of Jeremie Frimpong\u2019s attacking nature. Teams are going to work out how to get around that side and that will be a worry for Liverpool. Harvey Barnes could enjoy a lot of freedom on that flank here. I think Anthony Gordon will once again start centrally, even though it doesn\u2019t suit him completely. Don\u2019t get me wrong, he\u2019s a quality player and has troubled Liverpool in the past. But I just think it\u2019s best when he comes inside from a wider position.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe Newcastle can cause problems to Liverpool. This should be an entertaining watch, won\u2019t want to miss it for anything in the world!\u201d<\/p>\n

Merson\u2019s prediction: Newcastle United 2 Liverpool 2.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Liverpool started the defence of their Premier League title with a win, but it was not a perfect performance.<\/p>\n

They needed a couple of late goals to beat Bournemouth, who caused the Reds real problems on the break.<\/p>\n

There was plenty of space in behind to exploit, which will give Newcastle United hope heading into Monday night\u2019s game. Eddie Howe<\/a> might not have a senior striker, but he has an abundance of pace in the final third.<\/p>\n

Newcastle\u2019s two best moments against Aston Villa came from their pace in behind. Anthony Gordon and Anthony Elanga caused Unai Emery\u2019s side problems, and they can do the same to Arne Slot\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

Combine that with the cauldron of noise that will be St James\u2019 Park and the Toon Army have every right to be optimistic about getting a positive result against Liverpool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St James\u2019 Park will be a bear pit when Newcastle United face Liverpool on Monday night. It appears…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,9683,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-362161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-paul-merson","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115067046359523380","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}