Newcastle 0-1 Everton: Barry's tap-in deepens the gloom at St James' Park
A quick free-kick, a 49th-minute finish and a stoppage-time red card for Jacob Ramsey left Newcastle booed off after a fourth defeat in five games.
Four days after knocking Newcastle out of the Carabao Cup, Everton returned to St James' Park on Monday night and did it again in the league — a 1-0 win that lifted David Moyes' side to seventh and dropped Newcastle to 13th.
The goal that decided it
The game's only goal came four minutes after the restart, and it was made by quick thinking. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall took a free-kick fast to release Tyrique George, whose shot broke loose at the near post for Thierno Barry to tap in — his fourth league goal of the season, per ESPN. A VAR check for offside upheld the goal. Newcastle boss Matthias Jaissle was adamant it should not have stood, telling Sky Sports he believed Barry caught Fabian Schar with an elbow in the build-up.
Newcastle's blunt edge
The hosts' response told the story of their autumn. Anthony Elanga rattled the post on 66 minutes, but Newcastle did not register a shot on target until Yoane Wissa's 85th-minute effort — and Jordan Pickford saved from Wissa again in the 90th. The night ended with substitute Jacob Ramsey sent off deep into stoppage time for two quick yellow cards, and with St James' Park booing its team off for the second time, having already done so at the interval. "We were not brave enough in possession," Jaissle admitted.
What it means
For Everton, this was a landmark night: a first away league win of the season and a first at St James' Park since February, with Moyes saying he was "incredibly proud" of his team. Seventh place, with 13 points, is fair reward for a side that defended its box superbly. Everton host Coventry City on Friday.
For Newcastle — now 11 points, 13th, with a second straight home defeat and four losses in their last five in all competitions — the questions are piling up around Jaissle, and the red card means he will be without Ramsey next weekend.