Liverpool edged Newcastle United 3–2 in a dramatic Premier League encounter at St James’ Park on Monday, overcoming a late fight-back from the hosts, injuries and a first-half red card to Newcastle winger Anthony Gordon. Ryan Gravenberch opened the scoring against the run of play, and Hugo Ekitike doubled the advantage just 18 seconds after the restart, giving the French striker three goals in as many competitive appearances for the champions. Reduced to 10 men, Newcastle replied through captain Bruno Guimarães and substitute Will Osula, levelling in the 88th minute before 16-year-old Rio Ngumoha struck a 100th-minute winner. Manager Arne Slot praised his side’s ‘mentality to fight in a hostile stadium’ as Liverpool maintained their perfect league start. In Italy, Inter Milan began their bid to reclaim the Serie A title with an emphatic 5–0 home victory over Torino, handing new coach Cristian Chivu a statement win in his league debut. Alessandro Bastoni headed the opener, Marcus Thuram scored twice on either side of half-time and further goals from Lautaro Martínez and summer signing Ange-Yoan Bonny completed the rout. The result puts Inter top after the opening round and underlines their attacking depth, with Thuram saying the clean-sheet win was ‘a good start’ but that the side is still short of full sharpness.