Christian Atsu and his Newcastle United team crashed out of the ePremier League invitational after losing 4-1 to Trent Alexander-Arnold's Liverpool in the quarter-finals.
The 27-yeard-old Ghanaian had seen off Moussa Sissoko's Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the previous round and was clearly aware he needed to be ready for the Reds' big attacking threat.
He gave the Magpies a surprise lead thanks to Allan Saint-Maximin's character in the game. That was going to be the end of his goal action with Alexander-Arnold responding with strikes from himself, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino.