Miguel Almirón cracker lifts Newcastle and leaves Everton looking down

Miguel Almirón’s shot finds the top corner of Jordan Pickford’s net to give Newcastle a 1-0 home victory against Everton. Photograph: Scott Heppell/Reuters

Miguel Almirón spent most of his first three years at Newcastle struggling to score but something has changed this season and it could yet propel Eddie Howe’s side into Europe.

The Paraguayan’s fifth goal of the campaign, a sumptuous first-time chip curled over a helpless Jordan Pickford, kept Newcastle sixth in the Premier League while consigning Frank Lampard to a miserable night in the north-east. “You can feel the belief around this stadium now,” said Everton’s manager. “Eddie has a very strong squad now and his team are moving to a new level. They’re ahead of us in their development.”