Klopp smiles, he has found the perfect replacement for Endo to keep Liverpool at the top of the Premier League

The first day of 2024 provided a great spectacle at Anfield. In the only game of the day in the Premier League, Liverpool, who included Argentina's World Cup-winning midfielder Alexis Mac Allister in Qatar, became the sole leaders of the British competition thanks to an impressive 4-2 win over Newcastle. In the match of the 20th week of the English championship, the Egyptian Mohamed Salah had a production that started with doubts, since he wasted a penalty when the score was still blank, but in the second half he scored a double. England's Curtis Jones and Cody Gakpo of the Netherlands also found the net for Jurgen Klöpp's side, while Sweden's Alexander Isak and Sven Botman of the Netherlands scored for the Hurricanes.

The player who will join up with his national team for the Africa Cup of Nations opened the scoring after a remarkable team move and capitalised on his revenge on goalkeeper Martin Dubravka, who had saved his spot-kick. A few moments later, Anthony Gordon improvised a brilliant piece of skill to get his markers out of the way and feed Isak, who struck the far post as Alisson tried to close the gap.

When the game was still 1-1 at the halfway stage, the best scene of the day unfolded. The Brazilian goalkeeper's outlet found Frenchman Ibrahima Konaté, who found Diogo Jota and the Portuguese linked up with Moh Salah. A diagonal run and pass into the middle broke through the visitors' defence for Curtis Jones to make it 2-1. Not content with the lead, Alexis Mac Allister linked up with Trent Alexander-Arnold before chesting the ball down to the Egyptian. And the striker dominated and set up Gakpo to seal the deal.

Mac Allister will again be the 6

Sven Botman's header attempted to set up a late thriller, but a fantastic assist from Mac Allister to Diego Jota that led to Martin Dubravka's foul on the Lusitanian striker allowed Salah to bring the game's hammer down with a penalty to make it 4-2. The Argentinian's intervention was dubbed on social media as "the perfect pass" and captivated the fans. With the absence of Wataru Endo, who is leaving for the Asian Cup, Alexis Mac Allister will once again take on the number 6 role.