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‘GORDON, WHAT’S THE SCORE?’ – WRETCHED RETURN FOR ANTHONY GORDON AS EVERTON LEAVE IT LATE TO BEAT LEGGY NEWCASTLE

Newcastle United suffered a late collapse as Everton ran out 3-0 winners at Goodison Park.

In an evenly-matched contest that was riddled with sloppiness and profligacy in both boxes, it was Magpies, who had soaked up the hosts’ early pressure, who had the first real sighting of goal.

Miguel Almiron, the Paraguayan right-winger, was released by Joelinton after a neat one-two between the Brazilian and Alexander Isak, but Almiron, bearing down on goal, could only muster a tame and rushed effort straight at Pickford.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin, returning to the side after another fitness worry, spurned three chances in as many minutes with two headers and a scuffed shot from the right-hand channel of the penalty area, and the target man continued to make nuisance of himself, pinning the Newcastle central defenders as the hosts looked more direct.

A glancing Isak header on 37 minutes had Jordan Pickford scampering back across his line as he nervously watched it drift narrowly wide of the far post, and Calvert-Lewin blazed another glorious opportunity over the top at the other end as a pumped free-kick forwards from Pickford ricocheted into the path of the England striker, who rashly smashed an effort clear of the crossbar.

Anthony Gordon, the returning pantomime villain, robbed the dallying James Tarkowski on the edge of the area just after the hour, but the winger could only drill his shot straight at Pickford cueing a chorus of boos from the home support.

But finally, the tension and the nervousness of the Evertonians, still furious with the Premier League over their ten-point deduction, was relieved with 11 minutes to play.

Trippier, the evergreen Newcastle captain, stalled in possession, and a determined Dwight McNeil picked his pocket, driving into the open space ahead of the retreating visiting defence. He kept going, and crashed a shot into the far corner to send Goodison into a sea of ecstasy.

It was two with four minutes to go as Martin Dubravka, the stand-in Newcastle goalkeeper, looked to set off a quick counter from an Everton corner, and threw the ball wide for Trippier. The right-back attempted a tired pass back to Jamaal Lascelles, but sold his colleague short, with Jack Harrison bursting onto the scene, and driving towards the byline. The Leeds lonaee found the onrushing Abdoulaye Doucoure via a McNeil swipe, and the midfielder stroked home to double the lead.

There was still time for another goal as the visitors looked leggier and leggier, as the substitute Beto showed Calvert-Lewin how to do it as he powered down the right, with the fatigued Fabian Schar in his wake. He slotted underneath the helpless Dubravka to lift the Toffees out of the relegation zone.