Former Newcastle United star James Milner says that Liverpool could not afford to relax with Callum Wilson on the field during their stalemate at St James' Park.
Wilson's full of running display had the Reds sweating whenever Newcastle won possession and broke and the striker was quick to close down Liverpool defenders throughout his hard-working evening.
Afterwards Wilson's display was the talk of the Liverpool camp, and Milner said: "It's easy to sometimes get frustrated and try difficult balls or too straight balls over the top and they get cut out.
"But then the important thing as well is that you've always got to be ready to react when you've got someone like him up front who's quick and is a good, quick player.
"Teams want to break out on you and you have to make sure you're disciplined and playing with good shape to break them down but you're not committing too many men forward and your protection is good when it breaks down.
"It's about getting that balance and I thought we did that tonight but we just couldn't get the ball over the line."
Milner felt that Liverpool were simply unlucky but thanked his goalkeeper Alisson for a super save to deny Ciaran Clark at the end.
Speaking to the LFC website he said: "We restricted them most of the game but Ali is top-class – everybody knows that.
"Especially on a night like tonight, it's going to be pretty cold for him I can imagine, standing at the back with not too much to do and then having to pull a save out like that towards the end. So that shows how good he is and what a big player he is for us."
