Teenage full-back John Flanagan provided a testing cross from the right which Mike Williamson only partially headed clear, allowing Rodriguez to volley a shot from 12 yards that took a crucial deflection off Danny Simpson past keeper Tim Krul.

BBC: Liverpool 3-0 Newcastle

Matt Taylor's free-kick rebounded off the bar and eventually fell at the feet of Danny Simpson, whose clearance bounced off a Bolton player and into the path of Lee in the box who calmly slipped the ball past Krul.

BBC: Bolton 5-1 Newcastle