Kieran Trippier Has Night To Forget As Everton Beat Newcastle To Exit Relegation Zone
Everton beat Newcastle United 3-0 on Thursday to move out of the Premier League's relegation zone for the first time since receiving a 10-point penalty.
Dwight McNeil, Abdoulaye Doucoure and Beto got the goals at Goodison Park.
All three of those goals came late in the second half following errors by Kieran Trippier.
Dwight McNeil pictured celebrating after scoring Everton's first goal in a 3-0 win over Newcastle
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Trippier kicked thin air in the 79th minute moments before he was tackled by McNeil, who then carried the ball forward into the penalty area and arrowed a shot into the top corner.
Newcastle's right-back lost the ball again in the build-up to Everton's second goal, which was scored by Doucoure following good work from Jack Harrison.
Everton wrapped up a resounding victory in added time when Beto scored the first goal of his Premier League career after running onto a through pass by fellow substitute Nathan Patterson.
Beto's goal was checked by the VAR for a possible offside. However, replays clearly showed that Beto had been kept onside by the positioning of Trippier.
Thursday's win moved Everton up to 17th in the EPL table.
Without the club's deduction of 10 points, the Toffees would be 10th.
