Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe is encouraging his fringe players to grab their chance.
Howe - who will be without the injured Lewis and Federico Fernández against Manchester City - rested leading scorer Callum Wilson at Anfield and brought Ryan Fraser, Isaac Hayden and Jacob Murphy into the starting XI, with Miguel Almirón and Joe Willock also dropping to the bench.
And the head coach explained: "If you're giving players opportunities, and they want to play football - which they all do - they have to perform well.
"I thought the three players were effective for us. I thought Ryan gave everything to the match physically; he really did help first Jamal with Mohamed Salah and then Matt Ritchie. I thought he performed a really admirable job. We'd love to have seen him with more ball into the attacking half but it probably wasn't meant to be in that game.
"Isaac, again, put in an incredible shift defensively and Jacob could be really pleased with his performance in terms of his physical output. So all three players contributed to the team performance."
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