Newcastle United 1-0 Everton: Miguel Almiron strike sees Magpies underline top-six credentials

Miguel Almiron scored his 5th extremity of the play from 25 yards

Newcastle underlined their top-six credentials by beating Everton acknowledgment to Miguel Almiron's 5th extremity of the season.

Eddie Howe's broadside took power of the archetypal fractional done midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, who came adjacent to scoring connected 2 occasions, and past saw retired triumph against an Everton squad which failed to registry a changeable connected people contempt a archetypal commencement of the play by Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

The England planetary returned from wounded and headed implicit from a first-half corner, but it was Jordan Pickford who was the busier of the 2 England goalkeepers connected amusement arsenic Newcastle's Nick Pope was seldom troubled.

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After a promising commencement to the season, this was a 3rd consecutive decision for Frank Lampard's side, who person besides mislaid against Tottenham and Manchester United.

They beryllium a constituent supra the bottommost three, but volition anticipation for a much encouraging effect astatine location to Crystal Palace connected Saturday and volition beryllium thankful Calvert-Lewin completed 73 minutes without further problems.

Guimaraes and Almiron beryllium difference

When Newcastle bushed Everton 3-1 successful this fixture successful February past season, it moved them retired of the relegation zone.

The information this triumph pushed them up to 5th shows however acold the nine has developed since the takeover a twelvemonth ago. Only 3 players from that starting line-up remained, with Guimaraes coming connected successful wounded time.

But connected this occasion, helium showed again wherefore helium has go a pivotal fig for new-look Newcastle. In the archetypal half, helium had clip and abstraction successful midfield wherever it seemed arsenic if determination was none, and helium helped make a mates of aboriginal chances.

Around the half-hour people helium took control, and was instrumental successful Newcastle going up by mounting up Almiron for a delightful finish. He past astir doubled the pb connected 2 occasions, 1 aft a one-two with Kieran Trippier, and past with a low, curling changeable - some efforts were conscionable wide of the post.

Almiron, who was the butt of a joke by Manchester City midfielder Jack Grealish past season, continued his bully signifier and could person added to his tally with efforts either broadside of half-time. In a squad which has lacked goals, helium has proved a invited stimulus.

Although Newcastle volition beryllium disappointed they could not people further, they erstwhile again showed their antiaircraft spot with a 5th cleanable expanse of the season.

Everton deficiency extremity menace contempt Calvert-Lewin return

In summation to Calvert-Lewin's return, Everton besides welcomed backmost Anthony Gordon from suspension aft 5 yellowish cards.

But they had a frustrating archetypal fractional wherever Newcastle took complaint of midfield and chances were astatine a premium. Calvert-Lewin was keen to marque an impression, possibly excessively keen, erstwhile helium scythed down Guimaraes aboriginal on. Gordon, who Everton thought had been fouled successful the punishment area, needlessly followed him into the publication aft a scuffle with Trippier.

Everton person been cautious to negociate Calvert-Lewin's instrumentality aft a "freak" genu injury earlier the play started, and his header speech - Everton's lone effort towards extremity - helium was energetic if not connected the aforesaid wavelength arsenic his team-mates.

The England striker tested Pope with a changeable but was offside, and couldn't get connected the extremity of 2 Demarai Gray cutbacks earlier helium was withdrawn midway done the 2nd half.

Jordan Pickford was subjected to boos passim the lucifer due to the fact that of his Sunderland heritage, but showed the maturity that Lampard spoke of connected Tuesday by keeping his chill to contradict Callum Wilson and Fabian Schar.

Although determination was a second-half improvement, Lampard, who is inactive gathering a new-look Everton side, volition beryllium disappointed with a deficiency of extremity menace and the benignant of link-up play Newcastle showed successful midfield.

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