the magpies are in danger of being sucked into what had previously seemed an unlikely relegation battle given their alarming run of form .
amid accusations of the team ` playing with their flip-flops on ' , united have lost four on the spin - scoring just once - and carver admits he does not know where their next point is coming from .
it is unlikely to arrive at anfield , a venue at which they last won in 1994 that they were beaten 1-0 by north-east rivals sunderland seven days ago .