Liverpool striker Raheem Sterling tries to avoid the challenge of Jack Colback at Anfield, yesterday.Liverpool striker Raheem Sterling tries to avoid the challenge of Jack Colback at Anfield, yesterday.

Liverpool kept alive their slim hopes of playing Champions League football next season with a 2-0 Premier League home win last night over Newcastle United who finished with 10 men.

Goals from Raheem Sterling and Joe Allen ensured Liverpool recovered from two league defeats to close the gap on fourth-placed Manchester City to four points with six games left.

Sterling’s neat finish put them ahead after nine minutes and Allen added a second in the 70th before Newcastle’s Moussa Sissoko was dismissed late on for a second booking as the hosts recovered from defeats by Manchester United and Arsenal.

Liverpool moved up one place to fifth on 57 points from 32 games, one point above Southampton.

Newcastle, who suffered a fifth straight league defeat, remain 13th.

Standings

  P W D L F A Pts
Chelsea 31 22 7 2 64 26 73
Arsenal 32 20 6 6 63 32 66
Man. United 32 19 8 5 59 30 65
Man. City 32 18 7 7 65 34 61
Liverpool 32 17 6 9 47 36 57
S’thampton 32 17 5 10 44 22 56
Tottenham 32 16 6 10 50 46 54
Swansea 32 13 8 11 38 40 47
West Ham 32 11 10 11 42 40 43
Stoke City 32 12 7 13 36 40 43
C. Palace 32 11 9 12 42 43 42
Everton 32 9 11 12 40 43 38
Newcastle 32 9 8 15 33 51 35
West Brom 32 8 9 15 30 46 33
Aston Villa 33 8 8 17 24 45 32
Sunderland 32 5 14 13 25 48 29
Hull City 32 6 10 16 29 45 28
QPR 33 7 5 21 38 59 26
Burnley 32 5 11 16 26 50 26
Leicester  31 6 7 18 32 51 25

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