NEWCASTLE, England (Reuters) – Newcastle United earned an enormous win of their battle to keep away from relegation from the Premier League as they got here from a aim right down to beat Everton 3-1 and transfer out of the bottom three on Tuesday.
On what may show a pivotal night time for Newcastle, they produced one of their greatest shows of the season with targets by Ryan Fraser and Kieran Trippier sealing victory after the break.
A rocking St James’ Park crowd celebrated as if survival was assured on the last whistle, and though there’s a lengthy option to go earlier than they’ll breathe simple Newcastle are lastly shifting in the fitting path after a torrid season up to now.
Their third victory of the season lifted them above Norwich City into seventeenth place with 18 factors from 22 video games, though Norwich host Crystal Palace on Wednesday.
“It reveals large character from the workforce. We know the place we’re in. We bought a terrific three factors however nonetheless hundreds of video games to go and we’re taking one after the other,” Trippier mentioned.
“To come from behind reveals character and bodes properly for the remaining of the season.”
It had seemed like being a well-recognized story for Newcastle when Jamaal Lascelles unluckily scored an personal aim within the thirty sixth minute after Mason Holgate’s shot had been blocked on the road however the rebound hit the Newcastle skipper and went in.
Bizarrely, lower than two minutes later Holgate scored an personal aim on the different finish after Lascelles’s highly effective header got here again off the crossbar and off the leg of the Everton defender.
It lit the touchpaper for Newcastle and so they ran out worthy winners as Everton’s new supervisor Frank Lampard suffered defeat in his first Premier League recreation in cost.
Had Newcastle’s Jonjo Shelvey been rightly despatched off for an unpleasant two-footed deal with on Anthony Gordon shortly earlier than Everton took the lead issues might need been completely different.
But other than that Lampard’s aspect may have few complaints and are actually solely three factors clear of the relegation zone after a fourth consecutive league defeat.
Once once more it was Allan Saint-Maximin who was Newcastle’s inspiration as he tormented Everton.
It was his surging run to the byline and cross that noticed Fraser bundle the ball residence within the 56th minute.
After that Everton, who gave debuts to Dele Alli and Donny van de Beek as substitutes, supplied little.
Chris Wood thought he had sealed it for Newcastle when he tapped in a rebound after Saint-Maximin’s shot was saved by Jordan Pickford, earlier than the linesman’s flag curtailed his celebrations.
But with 10 minutes remaining Newcastle did safe the win as Trippier curled a right-footed free kick contained in the close to put up with Pickford nowhere.
(This story has been refiled to corrects spelling of Donny van de Beek in paragraph 14)
(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Toby Davis)
