Newcastle vs Everton LIVE: Premier League result and final score after Dominic Calvert-Lewin penalty
Newcastle 1-1 Everton: Calvert-Lewin’s late penalty cancelled out Alexander Isak’s first-half opener
Dominic Calvert-Lewin ended a 23-game goal drought as he scored a late penalty to give struggling Everton a 1-1 Premier League draw at Newcastle United, who will rue several missed opportunities in a match they largely dominated.
Everton were awarded the spot-kick when Ashley Young was hauled to the floor by Newcastle defender Paul Dummett, who had only just come onto the pitch, and Calvert-Lewin thrashed the ball into the net.
Alexander Isak had earlier scored for the fifth home game in a row for Newcastle after being played behind the Everton defence by Harvey Barnes, the Swede showing great composure to evade the challenges of James Tarkowski and Jarrad Branthwaite.
Everton, who are facing the potential of a second points deduction this season for a breach of Profit and Sustainability rules, stay in 16th place with 26 points from 30 games, four points above the relegation zone, while Newcastle are in eighth with 44 points from 30 games.
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What a breathless end to that half! It ends 1-1, but Newcastle will be ruing that as a missed opportunity when they should have put the game to bed in a dominant first half. A glorious solo strike by Isak put the hosts in front after just 15 minutes, and he should have had a second shortly before the half-time whistle. But Everton, who had been flat since going behind, regrouped at the break and some inspired substitutions made the second half altogether more competitive. This was a game largely decided by two substitutes: Dummett, on a rare appearance for Newcastle, hacked down Young in the box and conceded a penalty, and Everton sub Calvert-Lewin - who has scored more goals against Newcastle, six, than any other side - levelled from the spot with his first goal since October. Newcastle had 60 per cent possession and an xG of 1.42 compared to the Toffees' 0.44, but couldn't capitalise, and Everton come away with a crucial point in their battle to avoid the drop. Thanks for reading!
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Guimaraes takes the free-kick, Branthwaite knocks it clear, and after a bit of pinball it comes into the hands of Pickford.
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Murphy takes it again, Burn and Branthwaite are - again - grappling in the box, but it's cleared out. Someone looked to have gone down in the box but the ref isn't interested.
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Murphy takes but the whistle blows - possibly before the corner was taken - as Burn shoves over Branthwaite. It's getting scrappy in the box and Tarkowski is remonstrating with the ref, annoyed at having to set up again.
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Longstaff and Isak both in the Everton box trying to get a decent touch but Garner is there to marshal the defence. Both sides are pushing for a winner here with the St James' crowd roaring their players on. It deflects out for a Newcastle corner...
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Tarkowski and Calvert-Lewin were both well-positioned to receive that but the whistle blew for some argy-bargy in the box.
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