Newcastle's Longstaff picks up ankle knock in preparations for Liverpool clash

Newcastle have been rocked by another injury blow after Sean Longstaff turned his ankle in training, ruling him out of Saturday’s trip to Liverpool.

The midfielder suffered the injury in training on Thursday and the extent of the damage will not be known until the weekend.

Steve Bruce revealed: ‘Unfortunately, Sean Longstaff turned an ankle in training and won’t be in contention for the weekend. We won’t quite know how serious it is for another couple of days, but it’s a blow for us.

‘It’s one of them awful ones. He goes to stop a cross and gets his ankle caught. It’s one of those freak ones that unfortunately happen.

‘You come off the pitch and we’re all disappointed. We’ve lost a player to a freak accident but that’s what happens in football.’