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Only this week Eddie Howe warned that even after nine straight wins Newcastle were not “quite fixed”. Bournemouth, a brilliant counterattacking side, duly seized the opportunity to prove their old manager right as Justin Kluivert’s fabulous hat-trick suggested they are credible candidates for European qualification.

While this failure to secure a record-breaking 10th successive victory confirmed Howe’s assertion that the internal problems that derailed the early part of Newcastle’s season are not fully mended, the visitors subdued Alexander Isak. The Sweden striker’s hopes of scoring for a ninth Premier League game in a row were extinguished on an afternoon when he managed one, anodyne, shot on target.

It took a while for the goals to come, especially at the Gtech

Brentford 0-0 Liverpool. The league leaders have started brightly, with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Cody Gakpo probing down the wings. An early half-chance for Mohamed Salah is blocked and cleared.

It’s 3pm, and whistles sound all across the land! I defy you to play this just the once.

Justin Kluivert scored his second hat-trick of the season as the injury-ravaged visitors ended Newcastle’s winning streak in surprisingly emphatic style

• Read Louise Taylor’s match report from St James’ Park

At his pre-match conference yesterday, Bournemouth’s manager was asked if he considers Newcastle to be genuine title contenders. “It’s a big question,” he said. “They are not so far from Arsenal, for example, and Arsenal definitely are title challengers.

“Probably you need to ask Eddie the question. They are playing so, so well that it makes you ask me these questions. They are beating everyone, also they’ve done it in a run of games that was not easy: they beat Arsenal, [Manchester] United and Tottenham in this period. They’ve performed better than them but I’m not brave enough to say it [that they are title contenders].”