adminEverton capitalised on crucial mistakes from 10-man Newcastle United to earn themselves an important 3-0 Barclays Premier League win at Goodison Park. Roberto Martinez’s men came into yesterday’s meeting with one victory in 12 in the League but errors from Tim Krul and Yoan Gouffran handed them the first two goals, before Newcastle captain Fabricio Coloccini was sent off and substitute Ross Barkley added a late third.
Everton took the lead midway through the first half when Newcastle goalkeeper Krul let James McCarthy’s weak shot from 20 yards into the net. Then, with 10 minutes of the second half gone, Gouffran was dispossessed inside his own penalty area and his subsequent foul on Aaron Lennon allowed Romelu Lukaku to convert from 12 yards. Shortly afterwards, Coloccini was dismissed for a foul on Lennon and Barkley’s cool finish in stoppage time completed the win for Everton. With victory, the Toffees lifted themselves six points clear of the drop zone, while Newcastle remain 11th, four points better off.
Newcastle came close to opening the scoring in the third minute when Everton could not clear a corner. The ball fell to Gabriel Obertan, whose shot was parried by Tim Howard, and Mike Williamson’s rebound was kept out on the line by McCarthy, with the visitors appealing in vain for handball. — BBC Sport.
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