New drill
Those inside St James' Park early on Tuesday evening to witness both Newcastle and Everton warming up will have seen a few interesting points from the visitors.
Many made note against Brentford that new manager Frank Lampard took a close look at the drills his players were undertaking pre-match, while also having a few glances at the opposition.
He did the same this time around, but one particular session caught the eye.
The starting centre-backs against the Magpies - Michael Keane, Mason Holgate and Yerry Mina - were all put through their paces by Ashley Cole ahead of kick off.
Their drill consisted of some quick passing between them as a trio, before one would run out of their line to jockey the coach as he shielded the ball from them.
Working on both passing and pressing before this match was important, and it was a crucial aspect of the Blues managing to beat Brentford last time out.
Unfortunately, that couldn't be the case on this occasion.
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Mina fake
In general it was something of a nervy start to the game in possession for Everton, but that was perhaps typified by Mina.
The centre-back in the first few minutes of the match made a couple of wayward passes that alerted the Newcastle attackers to press a little higher and more vigorously from the front.
However, the Colombia international quickly grew into his performance and started to engage in something of a physical battle with Chris Wood.
We've seen Mina get under the skin of opposition strikers on multiple occasions throughout the season so far, not least Patrick Bamford right at the start of the campaign.
But aside from getting up close and personal with the New Zealand international and frustrating him in that sense, the defender's flair for something a little different came forward.
A long ball from Newcastle was aimed towards Wood but well overhit, looking to go straight to the head of Mina instead.
But, rather than head the ball to his teammate or bring it down himself, the centre-back opted to fake a movement and let the ball run to Pickford.
Completely unnecessary in the grand scheme of things.
Back-and-forth chants
The atmosphere at St James' Park was no doubt an important factor in the hosts managing to secure all three points on Tuesday evening.
After their goals in the second half especially, Newcastle had a raucous crowd behind them which created an intimidating experience for the visitors.
In the first half, chants were shared back and forth between the home support and the away end.
It started with Newcastle's fans chanting the name of Rafael Benitez, who still retains a lot of popularity in the city for his leadership of the club before he became Everton manager.
The Blues supporters, however, weren't to be out-done - and began loudly chanting the name of their new boss.
Around this time as well, a selection of visiting substitutes were sent out to warm up for the first time, with Donny van de Beek having his name sung by those who had travelled up from Merseyside.
The on-loan midfielder clearly appreciated their gesture, as he waved and applauded back to them as he jogged up and down the touchline.
Saint-Maximin fumes
Allan Saint-Maximin had a fantastic game on Tuesday evening, there's no question about that.
When he's in that kind of mood, he can cause huge problems to even the most solid of Premier League defences and, let's be honest, the Everton back line is far from being that right now.
Throughout the first half in particular, the Blues were doing whatever they could to attempt to stop their opponent - which often led to some industrious challenges on him.
That's something the 24-year-old was far from pleased with.
He had felt on a number of occasions that he had been brought down unfairly, but often referee Anthony Taylor told him to get to his feet instead of give him a foul.
However, about half an hour into the game, the Newcastle man finally got his wish.
He was left on the floor on the touchline right in front of the dugouts after a challenge with an Everton man and instantly berated the official about getting a free kick, as did Eddie Howe just behind him.
After a few seconds of pause, Taylor did actually bring his whistle to his lips and give an offence against the visitors - which left Lampard rather aghast in his technical area.
Clearly he didn't shout loud enough.
Post-match support
There was a sense of dejection right across the Everton squad as they trudged back down the tunnel after their latest defeat, having given their appreciation to those who were left in the away end.
But there were still signs of support for Lampard after he came out to do his post-match media duties at the side of the pitch.
A few Newcastle fans had stayed behind in the lower sections of the ground to give similar appreciation to their players and to Howe as they did the same.
But, at the back of the stand that the interviews were taking place in front of, there could be heard a few voices chanting "Super Frankie Lampard!" as he headed back down the tunnel after completing his broadcast interviews.
That will no doubt have been some semblance of comfort for the new manager after what was something of a demoralising occasion in the north east.
