Newcastle Vs Everton: Deja vu for Eddie Howe after another Premier League defeat
In a 3-2 defeat at St James' Park that felt painfully familiar, newcastle vs everton ended with substitute Thierno Barry scoring a late winner and Jordan Pickford producing a stoppage-time save to preserve Everton's victory.
Barry's late winner and Pickford's crucial stop
Thierno Barry, brought on from the bench, bundled home a scruffy winner that restored Everton's lead seconds after Newcastle had levelled, and Jordan Pickford then denied Sandro Tonali with an extraordinary flying stop at the death to keep the score 3-2 at St James' Park.
How Newcastle fell behind and rallied
Everton took the lead when Jarrad Branthwaite flicked James Garner's corner past the far post, and Jacob Ramsey then punished Newcastle with a deflected strike that looped over Jordan Pickford to make it 2-1 at half-time; just 105 seconds later Dwight McNeil's shot was spilled by Nick Pope into the path of Beto, who stroked in for what was reported as his fourth Premier League goal of the season to restore Everton's initiative.
Newcastle's changes, formations and second-half drama
Eddie Howe made six changes after giving several key players a rest in the 3-2 win over Qarabag on Tuesday, starting Joelinton on the left, Nick Woltemade in midfield and Anthony Gordon as centre-forward before later shifting Woltemade to No 9 and moving Gordon to the left; those tweaks eventually led Howe to bring on Jacob Murphy and Harvey Barnes, with Murphy volleying home to level before Barry struck from the restart.
Injuries, sickness and substitutions that shaped the match
The match featured further disruption when Jacob Ramsey vomited on the pitch after the restart and was replaced by Joe Willock, Beto—making his first start since December—was later substituted for Thierno Barry after hitting the bar with another chance, and Yoane Wissa, the £55m former Brentford centre-forward, came on as a sub.
Howe's reaction and the wider concerns for Newcastle
Howe said: "I have a similar feeling" after the 3-2 loss and admitted earlier this month he was not doing his job "well enough" as he embarked on a period of soul-searching; he added, "In relation to the Premier League, our form has not been good enough for a while. We know that. We take responsibility for that. It's been really frustrating for us - and that's the perils of Europe, I'm afraid. We have tried to be laser-focused on every game and give every attention to every game with the same importance but, with the deluge of games, your focus can be swayed. "
Where both teams stand after the result
The defeat left Newcastle languishing down the table in 12th place and extended a poor run—the Magpies have won just once in their last seven Premier League games and suffered a third consecutive home defeat for the first time since February 2021 under Steve Bruce—while Everton's win saw David Moyes' side respond to their defeat to Manchester United on Monday Night Football and climb back into the top eight, with Everton remaining unbeaten in their last six away matches.
Newcastle's defensive issues were underlined: they have kept only two clean sheets in 21 league games, gone 11 games without a shut-out since beating PSV Eindhoven 3-0 here on 21 January, and have conceded 23 goals across that run, prompting cries of "Wake up!" around St James' Park.
Despite a recent rally in which Newcastle won four of their next five matches in all competitions after their earlier defeat by Brentford, manager Howe and his side now face fresh questions about rotation and tactics after conceding from set pieces and individual errors—Nick Pope's spill from Dwight McNeil leading to Beto's goal was a decisive moment in a match that finished 3-2.
newcastle vs everton produced a dramatic finish and confirmed Jordan Pickford's late save and Thierno Barry's decisive touch as the match's defining moments.
Newcastle's next confirmed challenge is their mouth-watering last-16 Champions League tie against Barcelona, which remains on the immediate horizon for Howe's side.
