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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20048478" data-attributes="member: 158020">Liverpool 2-2 Newcastle: Colback rescues Benitez on Anfield return <img src="http://static.goal.com/3053900/3053972_heroa.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Papiss Cisse and Jack Colback boosted Newcastle United's survival hopes as the strugglers produced a brilliant second-half display to draw 2-2 with Liverpool on Rafael Benitez's latest return to Anfield. Liverpool entered Saturday's Premier League contest in a rich vein of form, including a 4-0 battering of Merseyside rivals Everton on Wednesday, and they appeared in cruise control at half-time. Daniel Sturridge scored in the second minute to make it four goals in as many league games, before Adam Lallana's fine effort on the half hour deservedly made it 2-0. But Benitez knows a thing about comebacks having led Liverpool to Champions League glory in 2005 after being 3-0 down against AC Milan at half-time, and Cisse's header after the break started the revival. And the visiting supporters were on their feet again in the 66th minute when Colback's drive took a huge deflection to leave Simon Mignolet stranded. Newcastle have now taken five points from three matches and are just a point adrift of safety, while Liverpool will look to regroup ahead of Thursday's Europa League semi-final first leg at Villarreal having seen their four-match winning league run come to an end. Liverpool's preparations were hindered by the news that Mamadou Sakho would not be considered for selection while Uefa conducts an investigation into a possible doping violation. Sakho subsequently took a watching brief as Kolo Toure took his place in one of five changes.</blockquote>

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