Ibrahima Konate stats as Liverpool come from behind to beat Newcastle

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Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate has had to bide his time for starts since his summer move to Anfield.

The 22-year-old joined the Reds for £36million in July, arriving at Anfield to much fanfare.

To date, Konate has made eight competitive appearances for Liverpool.

Five have come in the Premier League, two in the Champions League and one in the Carabao Cup.

With Virgil van Dijk absent for the meeting with Newcastle, Konate partnered Joel Matip at centre-back.

And the Frenchman took his chance superbly, delivering an outstanding performance in the 3-1 win.

Konate did well to keep Allan Saint-Maximin at bay and grew in confidence as the game went on.

As per Whoscored, he took 96 touches of the ball and made 89 passes with an accuracy of 91 percent.

Konate also made three interceptions, one tackle and one clearance, and won two of three duels.

In addition, he delivered two accurate long passes and made 14 recoveries.

Needless to say, Konate might have to be patient, but he’s certainly going to be a star under Jurgen Klopp.

Liverpool went behind to Newcastle after just seven minutes as former Reds midfielder Jonjo Shelvey struck from range.

Diogo Jota equalised on 21 minutes and Mohamed Salah fired Liverpool into the lead just four minutes later.

And three minutes before time, Trent Alexander-Arnold rifled a ferocious effort into the top-left corner to wrap up the win.