Frank Lampard has predicted that Newcastle United will be 'all right' because the Magpies are 'well coached' and have bought some 'really good players'.
Newcastle suffered a 1-0 loss against Lampard's Everton side at Goodison Park on Thursday night as the black-and-whites lost consecutive games for the first time since December. Everton went down to 10 men in the 83rd minute, after Allan was controversially sent off for a tackle on Allan Saint-Maximin, but it was the hosts who eventually broke the deadlock after being galvanised by the red card.
Alex Iwobi scored the winner in the 99th minute after nearly a quarter of an hour of stoppage time was added on after a protestor tied himself to a goal post earlier in the game. That could yet prove a priceless goal for Everton, who are three points clear of the relegation zone with two games in hand.
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Newcastle, meanwhile, remain in 14th place. Howe's side are still nine points clear of danger following three away games in the space of a week, but the Newcastle boss rued his side's disjoined second-half display at Goodison and stressed they were still in a 'relegation battle'.
Newcastle had 61% possession, seven corners and 17 efforts on goal on the night, which would have been unimaginable statistics not so long ago, particularly away from home, but the visitors failed to seriously test goalkeeper Asmir Begovic enough. Lampard, however, has been impressed by what he has seen from the Magpies.
"These are a good team," the Everton boss told Amazon Prime Sport after the Toffees' 1-0 win. "Newcastle will be all right.
"They don't need me to say that for them, but I just think they're well-coached. They've bought really well, some really good players. They're strong, they're physical. There was a lot of really good things going on for them."
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