The Mysterious Anfield Jinx: Why Newcastle Just Can’t Break Free
Seconds later, cameras caught him squatting on the turf, staring at the ground as if contemplating life choices. Anyone who has followed Newcastle’s three‑decade dance with this stadium knew the truth: the game was over.
The Inevitable Thumping
Newcastle supporters in the media joked before kickoff that a 4–1 defeat felt inevitable. It had become a kind of gallows humour, a coping mechanism for a fixture that has mutated into an annual trauma.
And so, of course, it finished 4–1.
Thiaw’s mistake in the build‑up to Liverpool’s third goal was as careless as his jog for the second. And then came the fourth: Nick Pope, usually trustworthy, dropped the simplest of crosses. Ibrahima Konaté swung a shin at the bouncing ball. It ricocheted off Dan Burn’s backside and rolled apologetically into the net.
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