"He gave us everything he had and justified his place in the starting line-up.
Smith Gets The Nod From Shearer!
"He gave us everything he had and justified his place in the starting line-up.
"I thought he worked very hard. We made five changes against Portsmouth, we just wanted to try to freshen things up - to try to change things around.
"That was the only reason that we did it.
"Kevin Nolan wasn't injured. We were just trying something different - his time might come again.
"There's still a lot of work to be done and we're still in there fighting. There'll certainly be no despondency and no one will be giving up the fight.
"We will go to Anfield in good spirits and see what we get. Obviously we go there as underdogs but we must believe we can get something."
Newcastle have not won a league game at Anfield since April 1994 - our first and last Premiership victory there.
LIVERPOOL v NEWCASTLE - THE PREMIERSHIP YEARS
2008/2009 Sun 28 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 5 Liverpool Premier League
2007/2008 Sat 08 Mar Liverpool 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
Sat 24 Nov Newcastle Utd. 0 - 3 Liverpool Premier League
2006/2007 Sat 10 Feb Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Liverpool Premiership
Wed 20 Sep Liverpool 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
2005/2006 Sun 19 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Liverpool Premiership
Mon 26 Dec Liverpool 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
2004/2005 Sat 05 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Liverpool Premiership
Sun 19 Dec Liverpool 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
2003/2004 Sat 15 May Liverpool 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 24 Jan Liverpool 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup
Sat 06 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Liverpool Premiership
2002/2003 Wed 01 Jan Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Liverpool Premiership
Mon 02 Sep Liverpool 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
2001/2002 Wed 06 Mar Liverpool 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sun 30 Sep Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Liverpool Premiership
2000/2001 Sat 05 May Liverpool 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sun 26 Nov Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Liverpool Premiership
1999/2000 Sat 25 Mar Liverpool 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sun 26 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Liverpool Premiership
1998/1999 Mon 28 Dec Liverpool 4 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sun 30 Aug Newcastle Utd. 1 - 4 Liverpool Premiership
1997/1998 Tue 20 Jan Liverpool 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Wed 07 Jan Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Liverpool League Cup
after extra time, 90 minutes 0-0
Sun 28 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Liverpool Premiership
1996/1997 Mon 10 Mar Liverpool 4 - 3 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Mon 23 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Liverpool Premiership
1995/1996 Wed 03 Apr Liverpool 4 - 3 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Wed 29 Nov Liverpool 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. League Cup
Sat 04 Nov Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Liverpool Premiership
1994/1995 Sat 04 Mar Liverpool 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 24 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Liverpool Premiership
1993/1994 Sat 16 Apr Liverpool 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sun 21 Nov Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Liverpool Premiership