“Absolutely Sensational,” says a Sky pundit, “about the Everton star versus Newcastle.”

Darren Ambrose has honestly lost his mind over an “absolutely sensational” strike from Dwight McNeil to provide Everton the lead at some stage in their clash with Newcastle United.

Sean Dyche’s side ran out 3-0 winners over Eddie Howe’s facet at Goodison Park on Thursday 7 November and even managed to climb out of the relegation zone, thanks to second-half strikes from McNeil, Abdoulaye Doucoure and Beto.

McNeil was in a position to income from a mistake via Kieran Trippier earlier than smashing a left-footed effort past Martin Dubravka in the Newcastle net and his opening strike left Sky Sports pundit Ambrose absolutely stunned.

Speaking on Sky Sports News (7 December) he said: “What a aim that is! Trippier lost the ball, Dwight McNeil has stolen it off him, put it onto his favoured left foot, and struck a superb strike into the a ways top corner.

“No danger for Dubravka, truely sensational strike. He’s been their quality player, Trippier has received his head in his shirt because he is aware of he’s made a massive error there. It’s an unstoppable strike into the far corner and a mistake from Trippier however you can’t take some thing away from that goal.”

Some strike

It’s secure to say McNeil’s season is precise up and going for walks and his newfound shape may want to now not have come at a better time for Everton in their battle towards relegation as he has produced two amazing dreams against Nottingham Forest and now Newcastle.

While there was a huge slice of fortune in the build-up to the winger’s purpose on Thursday night, he took the chance excellently and left Dubravka with little to no danger of stopping his strike as he thundered it past the Newcastle keeper.

If Everton want to stay up this year, they’re going to want goals from all over the field, as a substitute than simply relying on Dominic Calvert-Lewin and McNeil’s latest structure will give Dyche and the Toffees supporters self assurance that they have enough exceptional in their team to keep away from the drop.

It would have been unthinkable ultimate season that Everton would have been able to rating three dreams without Calvert-Lewin finding the internet once, but for something reason, all of the Toffees have commenced firing. Long may additionally it continue.

Immovable Everton gleams under the Thursday night lights once more.

Not due to the fact that thrilling evening in opposition to Crystal Palace 19 months in the past has the Old Lady rocked and roared to a prevailing overall performance beneath the lights like did tonight. It may also have taken a couple of errors from an unlikely supply to open the door but, make no mistake, Everton were full price for this victory.

A 31-pass go in opposition to a backdrop of ebullient “Olés” from the Goodison trustworthy and ending in a climactic 0.33 goal towards a Champions League facet chasing repeat qualification for Europe’s elite opposition is now not what right now comes to thought when you suppose of Sean Dyche.

After all, the gravel-voiced Midlander is greater famend for greater direct, no-frills football and Everton’s 38% share of possession on the night was once more in keeping with that reputation. But 2-0 up and deep into 10 minutes of stoppage time, the Blues’ players took the probability to indulge in some keep-ball with a passage of play that twice wended its way into Newcastle’s half and lower back again, across the discipline to the proper touchline the place Nathan Patterson sent Beto away to score his first Premier League goal.

It put the icing on the proverbial cake for the Toffees who, at one stage, looked to treading a well-worn route of missed first-half chances and painful home defeat earlier than two uncharacteristic errors via Keiran Trippier opened the door in the 79th and 86th minutes respectively. First, the hero at the City Ground, Dwight McNeil, took full benefit with a thumping finish; then Abdoulaye Doucouré, who had scored all bar one of his goals this season away from home, gleefully swept the ball past Martin Dubravka to if truth be told seal the points.

Prior to final Saturday’s go to to Nottingham, Everton had been mired in the backside three as a end result of the Premier League’s 10-point penalty and five points from safety; this evening, thanks to their seventh League victory in their last 10 matches, they’re clear of the relegation sector and eating up ground on a couple of different groups struggling above them. By rights, Dyche’s men have to be sitting in 10th, a point and a area above Sunday’s opponents Chelsea, testomony to the job the manager is doing now that he has a functioning ahead line at his disposal and increasing belief from his players.

Of course, this had the workable to go a few distinctive ways. Newcastle, for all their injuries, speak of the fatigue of their players, and their relatively iffy away structure this season, are a very true team. In Bruno Guimarães they have a top-class operator, Alexander Isak can be deadly up front and then there was Anthony Gordon — in suitable form, curiously starting to fulfil the promise that persuaded the Magpies to shell out £45m on him and just itching to rub his old club’s noses in their sorry quandary at the incorrect quit of the table.

It should have been the younger Scouser’s night on his old stomping ground. Twice he had high-quality possibility with simply Jordan Pickford ahead of him but on both events that doubtful end product that had many Evertonians shrugging their shoulders at his departure final January was once in evidence and he squandered them.

Then there were Everton’s very own decision troubles that meant that Amadou Onana once more overlooked out with a calf strain and even though Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Seamus Coleman again to the beginning XI, James Garner, man of the suit towards Forest at the weekend, used to be struck down with sickness beforehand in the day and was once unable to play.

Dyche’s solution was to installation 38-year-old Ashley in right- midfield and Jack Harrison off Calvert-Lewin up front, with Doucouré dropping into central midfield alongside Idrissa Gueye. And for most of the first half, the Blues didn’t look all that worse off for the enforced change; indeed, they seemed purposeful, sturdy and decided to rectify a poor document at Goodison that, before tonight, had yielded simply two League wins due to the fact that March.

They almost went in advance from a seventh-minute corner when Jarrad Branthwaite nodded large of intention and when McNeil dug out a superb 19th-minute cross from the byline, Calvert-Lewin met it at the again publish only to be denied with the aid of Dubravka who had covered his angles well.

The striker had an even better hazard a minute later. Harrison performed Calvert-Lewin in properly but the latter’s scuffed shot was once saved one-handed by means of the keeper.

As expected, Newcastle had had the majority of the possession but Trippier had failed to trouble Pickford with a direct free-kick and Miguel Almiron’s strive to beat the Blues’ keeper when played in with the aid of Joelinton was once dealt with with similar ease.

Almiron then volleyed over from the area of the container at one give up before a lovely Everton cross must have yielded the opening goal. Harrison used to be the provider as soon as greater as he picked McNeil out with a ignore inner and the winger took one contact before trying to place a shot inside the a ways put up however put it the incorrect facet of the upright.

Isak, who was well shackled for a great deal of the game by Jarrad Branthwaite and James Tarkowski, went very close in the 36th minute with Newcastle’s fine danger of the first 1/2 but, thankfully, his header dropped inches vast and three minutes later, Calvert-Lewin somehow missed the fantastic danger he would get all game.

Young used to be fouled close to the midway line, Tarkowski stole in ahead of his marker to meet Pickford’s deep free-kick and Branthwaite prodded it on to Calvert-Lewin who was once all alone in the six-yard box however after placing himself flawlessly with manipulate off his chest he come what may hammered the ball over the bar and into the Park End stand.

With no modifications made by both facet at the break, the sample of the sport continued for the first 10 minutes of the second period, with Calvert-Lewin’s header bouncing off Jamal Lascelles and nearly sneaking previous Dubravka till he stopped it on the line and site visitors cleared their lines.

No doubt under training from Howe, Newcastle then started out to construct some strain as Gordon, booed and barracked at some point of with the aid of the domestic followers on what used to be an unproductive night for him personally, despatched a curling effort large and Lewis Miley flashed a shot over from 25 yards before Gordon handed two idea probabilities to twist a knife into his former club.

Pickford put Tarkowski into trouble and he coughed the ball up to Gordon however the winger should solely furnace straight at the keeper. Then, when he was once sent into the clear on the counter-attack in the sixty fifth minute, he smashed the ball high and extensive with solely Pickford to beat.

Having weathered that brief storm, Everton commenced making inroads of their own. Gueye skied a trademark effort from 20 yards over the bar and Doucouré failed to get sufficient purchase on a header to bother Dubravka earlier than Trippier’s slip proficient the Blues the chance to destroy the impasse.

Receiving a bypass in his very own half of from Guimarães, the England international’s ahead picks had been cut off by using the advancing McNeil and as he tried to flip backwards, misplaced manage of the ball and the Everton winger pounced. Driving straight in the direction of goal, he used Calvert-Lewin peeling off to his left as a decoy earlier than leathering an unstoppable force across Dubravka and high into his net.

Newcastle very nearly wiped that lead out with eight minutes left when Miley’s mis-kicked shot bounced up invitingly for Almiron however his header dropped onto the roof of the internet and four minutes after that it used to be 2-0.

Trippier’s kicked an attempted ignore forward into Harrison, he latched into the loose ball and drove in the direction of the box, squared it for McNeil who didn’t make contact with a shot and it fell to Doucouré to stroke it previous the keeper from a central position.

Isak threatened to make a sport of it in the first minute of stoppage time when he touched the ball previous Branthwaite and dinked it over Pickford’s glove but, again, his effort dropped narrowly previous the upright.

That left Beto to have the final word when Nathan Patterson despatched him away at the back of the Newcastle defence with a curling ball down the line and the Portuguese, having sprung the offside trap, made a beeline for aim and then no mistake, shrugging off Fabian Schär at the ultimate before slotting under Dubravka’s legs.

Goodison has waited a while for a night time like this, especially after this identical fixture back in April ended so harrowingly. Not because that thrilling Thursday night against Crystal Palace 19 months ago has the Old Lady rocked and roared to a triumphing overall performance below the lights and with precious few of them left before the club strikes to Bramley-Moore Dock, each one be savoured.

It may have taken a couple of errors from the not likely source of the vastly skilled Tripper — errors needled out of him by means of the Blues’ relentless press — but, make no mistake, Everton had been full price for this victory that will, hopefully, be a pillar on which Goodison can be made into a fortress again.