Everton vs Newcastle: 10-man Toffees steal massive stoppage-time win

Everton vs Newcastle: Frank Lampard and the Toffees snatched what could prove to be a season-saving victory, as they beat the Magpies 1-0 at Goodison Park on Thursday.

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Alex Iwobi scored the game’s only goal in the 98th minute (there were 14 minutes of stoppage time due to a length fan invasion), 15 minutes after Everton were reduced to 10 men.

Everton (25 points) remain 17th in the Premier League table despite the defeat, but they now sit three points above 18th-place Watford. The Toffees still have two games in hand on all but one side (Burnley – 21 points, 19th place) currently in the bottom-eight. Newcastle (31 points) hold steady in 14th place, still nine points clear of the bottom-three.

Final score: Everton 1, Newcastle 0

Goal scorers: Everton (Iwobi 90’+8), Newcastle (None)

Shots: Everton 9, Newcastle 17

Shots on target: Everton 3, Newcastle 6

Possession: Everton 39%, Newcastle 61%

1. Everton willing to fight and scrap: 65 minutes into Thursday’s game, Everton had taken all of two shots and completed zero passes inside Newcastle penalty area. Putrid is the first word that comes to mind when trying to describe the display off possession and attacking play. And yet, every player appeared to be playing extremely hard, not shying away from the occasion and challenge, and digging ever-deeper for each ball. Late in the second half, Allan was sent off for a rash tackle on Allan Saint-Maximin (a questionable decision). It wasn’t a dangerous attack on Saint-Maximin — a routine, strategic yellow card in the open field — but it was evident in the way he set out to win the ball that his commitment was unwavering. Apathy had not yet set in around Goodison, and Iowbi and Co., kept that same