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The missed Jonjo Shelvey moment which proves Eddie Howe's point about resurgent Newcastle

It took just Newcastle United just 108 seconds to recover from Jamaal Lascelles' unfortunate own goal and equalise during the win against Everton.

The Magpies captain inadvertently deflected the ball into his own net to open the scoring during Tuesday night's 3-1 victory over the Toffees.

Mason Holgate's shot was cleared off the line and bounced in off the Toon skipper, and the Everton defender would accidentally return the favour less than two minutes later.

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Lascelles arrived unmarked at the back post to power Kieran Trippier's driven corner goalwards, and the header crashed off the underside of the crossbar and over the line via a touch from the Everton defender.

It was not immediately clear who to credit for Newcastle's equaliser, with Jonjo Shelvey on the goalline ready to capitalise on a loose ball in the six-yard box.

It was also lost in the celebration and confusion that followed that it was the Magpies' playmaker who picked the ball out of the net, and carried it to the centre spot.

Shelvey decided against joining in the celebrations of the equaliser, instead choosing to follow Lascelles back into his own half and getting the match restarted as quickly as possible.

It was a clear sign of intent from the Magpies, who would go on to record a second straight win courtesy of second-half strikes from Ryan Fraser and Kieran Trippier.

The moment captured in the club's 'match cam' footage was proof of Eddie Howe's later assertion about his side's mentality, claiming the early goal perhaps would have previously derailed the team.

He told NUFC TV: "Hopefully it shows that confidence levels are higher. Maybe in previous weeks, we might have had a negative reacton to that.

"We didn't, we responded really well and scored a great goal. You can't highlight enough the technical delivery of Kieran's corner.

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"Jamaal's header was top class, so credit to those guys for being able to pull that off under pressure.

"I thought second half we were really, really good. We created chances all through that second period, and I was so pleased when we got the two-goal cushion because that's something we haven't had the luxury of and it made the last part of the game slightly easier to manage."

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