Everton vs Newcastle United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Newcastle United moved in sight of Champions League qualification with a 4-1 win at Everton that kept the home team in the Premier League’s relegation zone.
Callum Wilson, selected up front ahead of Alexander Isak, scored goals either side of a header from Joelinton.
Isak came on as a second-half substitute and produced the highlight of the game with a mazy dribble down the left wing before he chipped the ball across for fellow replacement Jacob Murphy to tap home at the far post.
Everton thought it was back in the game at Goodison Park after an 80th-minute header from Dwight McNeil at a corner, which made it 3-1. Murphy, though, scored a minute later.
Newcastle stayed in third place and is eight points clear of Aston Villa in fifth, having played one game less. Newcastle has six matches to play. Everton is in next-to-last place, two points adrift of safety, and has a huge game at third-from-bottom Leicester coming up on Monday.
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Longstaff is down again holding his ankle, and this time it's Gueye that's trying to haul him back to his feet. The Everton players are getting frustrated here, and it's reflected by the fans.
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Longstaff's cross is sent into the side netting as he's tackled by Godfrey. He stays down, but Pickford isn't happy as he thinks he's time-wasting and pushes him aside. He gets back straight back up as VAR looks at a possible penalty, but nothing's given.
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GREAT CHANCE! It's a brilliant long ball over the top from Keane to pick out Calvert-Lewin, and on the stretch, he tries to chip it towards goal. It's going wide, but Doucoure keeps it alive only to fire his follow-up shot over.
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Wilson is now Newcastle's outright top Premier League goalscorer this season with 12 goals (Miguel Almiron, 11); only in 2018-19 for Bournemouth (14) has he ever netted more in a single campaign in the top-flight.
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GOOD SAVE! Iwobi just brushes Targett aside as he leads another Everton counter. He slides it between two defenders to pick out Calvert-Lewin on the edge of the box and he fires a shot across goal, which Pope pushes away.
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Everton work it quickly upfield once more and win a corner. Iwobi swings it into the box, but it's a very poor delivery from him that flies high over everyone and out for a throw-in on the far side.
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Pickford goes long to Godfrey, who cushions it straight into Iwobi. He has three Newcastle players in front of him, but still manages to curl a wonderful cross into the far post. None of his team-mates are there to meet it.
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