Isak absence analysed as Anfield abstinence endures

Welcome to this BONUS edition of Pod on the Tyne, organised to commemorate the **checks notes** routine win for Liverpool at home to Newcastle... Yes, Chris made us all get together to reflect on a dress rehearsal that definitely could have gone a lot worse for Newcastle, but equally gave us no additional reasons to expect a winning performance at Wembley in March's Carabao Cup final. Of course, the late withdrawal of Alexander Isak through injury was the main talking point, and one that put a dagger through most Geordie hearts. We will need everyone fit and firing if we are to compete for that trophy and push on to a European place come May. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Host Taylor Payne is joined by The Athletic's George Caulkin and Chris Waugh to bring you behind the scenes at the most certifiable football club in the Premier League... Newcastle United. Subscribe for big-name interviews, unrivalled insight and copious amounts of hysterical laughter.