Newcastle United were narrowly beaten by Kai Havertz’s late strike with the last gasp goal ending the Magpies’ unbeaten run. United, however, are still on the brink of safety after some results still went their way across the weekend.
A win at Everton could all but assure their place in the Premier League next season. In other words it would take a spectacular collapse for Newcastle to end up dropping down this season.
That nine game unbeaten run was essentially the ground work.
