Your Everton evening headlines for Thursday, October 20.
Clement the peacemaker
Miguel Almiron's match winner came on a rising tide of emotion as Newcastle United built pressure and Everton felt hard done by through a number of refereeing decisions.
The temperature was rising at St James' Park as the Blues lost out on a host of close calls, challenges on Amadou Onana and Anthony Gordon among those raising questions as to why they had gone unnoticed. When the goal came, Onana and his teammates felt he had been fouled again and then, minutes later, the situation flared once more when Gordon went down in the box under a challenge from Dan Burn.
The remonstrations continued throughout the first half and came off the back of a trip to Tottenham Hotspur in which Everton's defeat partially hinged on a soft penalty against them. After another frustrating 90 minutes away from Goodison Park, here are a few moments that may have been overlooked - or missed - in the aftermath of the match, from Neal Maupay's kit confusion, and Frank Lampard's thoughts on it, to the concern at the decisions against Everton which continued well after the half time whistle.
Joe Thomas has the full story here.
Howe gives verdict on Everton with 'questions' claim after Newcastle win
Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe praised his team’s character after they held out to secure a 1-0 win over an Everton side that he claims “ask you a lot of questions.” Miguel Almiron’s sublime chip from the edge of the area on 31 minutes proved to be the difference between the sides at St James’ Park and condemned the Blues to a third consecutive defeat.
Read the full story from Chris Beesley here.
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