As a result, Kenny Dalglish's side, who have now scored 14 goals in their last three home matches, moved above Tottenham into fifth place having rarely been troubled by the Magpies.
Dirk Kuyt's eighth in his last seven Premier League matches was sandwiched between another for Maxi Rodriguez, who hit a hat-trick in the 5-0 win over Birmingham last week, and one for the impressive Luis Suarez.
Only a goal for Carroll, the subject of incessant abuse from the travelling fans, against his former club would have capped off the performance.
The ?35m striker came on for the final 20 minutes but made little impact save for increasing the vitriol from the large away contingent.
Their anger at the way Carroll left them in January, with the club claiming he handed in a transfer request when made aware of Liverpool's interest, was understandable, but the Gateshead-born forward was never going to be a major player in this game having missed last week's victory with a knee injury.
LIVERPOOL: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel, Flanagan (Shelvey 81), Meireles, Maxi (Carroll 69), Lucas, Spearing, Suarez (Cole 87), Kuyt.
NEWCASTLE: Krul, Simpson, Coloccini, Williamson, Enrique (Ferguson 90), Barton, Tiote, Nolan, Gutierrez, Lovenkrands (Ranger 73), Ameobi (Kuqi 82).
Source: Northern Echo
Source: Northern Echo