Despite being thousands of miles away in person, Lucas Leiva was at Anfield in spirit on Friday night - and the Brazil midfielder used his personal Twitter page to tweet his thoughts throughout Liverpool's 3-1 victory over Newcastle United.

The No.21 kept fans all over the world entertained and updated as he offered his own take on the events unfolding back in L4.

From his disappointment at Daniel Agger's early own goal, to his joy at goals from Craig Bellamy and Steven Gerrard and the individual performances of his teammates, Lucas was clearly caught up in the action as Kenny Dalglish's side recorded a fine win.

Here's how he saw the win over the Magpies on Twitter:

Settling down to watch the game

Pleased by a positive start

Newcastle take the lead

Bellamy draws Reds level

Skrtel goes close with a header

Impressed by Agger's performance...

...and Jay Spearing's

Gerrard enters the action

Bellamy scores with a brilliant free kick

Skrtel makes an amazing goal-line clearance

Carroll's header hits the crossbar

Stevie G makes it 3-1

Signing off for the night happy