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PREMIER LEAGUE: ANFIELD, SUNDAY MAY 1, 2011. KICK-OFF: 1200 BSTLiverpool manager Kenny Dalglish will welcome his former club Newcastle United to Anfield on Sunday hopeful that he can maintain the fine momentum that has ensured a Europa League spot is still a possibility.
With his fine record at Anfield during the 1980s and then his Premier League title winning exploits with Blackburn Rovers in 1995, it is easy to forget that Dalglish was also the manager of Newcastle between January 1997 and August 1998 during which he took them to the FA Cup final.
His reputation in the north-east is likely to have taken a nosedive after he played a huge part in convincing £35 million man Andy Carroll to swop St James' Park for Anfield in January and a victory over Alan Pardew's side would rub salt into those wounds.
Liverpool need a victory as well if they wish to catch Tottenham Hotspur for the fifth-placed spot and the European football that will come with it so Newcastle - who sit comfortably in 11th spot with 41 points - should expect an all-out assault from the home side.
Key Match-up: Luis Suarez v Mike Williamson. Williamson will have his hands full in this encounter because Suarez has been simply brilliant in recent weeks. Energetic, creative, enthusiastic and the new heartbeat of the Liverpool team. If Williamson can keep him quiet then Newcastle could snatch a result.
Form Guide: Liverpool go into the game having destroyed Alex McLeish's Birmingham City side last weekend and Dalglish has yet to taste defeat at Anfield since returning as manager. As for Newcastle, they gained a hard earned draw against Blackpool in their last match but they have won just five from 17 away fixtures this season.
Odds: Liverpool 4/9 Newcastle 13/2 Draw 10/3
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Source: http://www.fanhouse.co.uk/2011/04/29/liverpool-v-newcastle-preview-carroll-a-doubt-for-reunion/
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