Moments missed from Everton's dramatic 3-2 victory over Newcastle United at St James' Park
Iliman Ndiaye gestures during Everton's 3-2 victory over Newcastle United at St James' Park while (inset) Dan Burn fails in his attempt to get Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall back on his feet and fan 'Geordie Josh' rants over Thierno Barry's winning goal
Iliman Ndiaye gestures during Everton's 3-2 victory over Newcastle United at St James' Park while (inset) Dan Burn fails in his attempt to get Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall back on his feet and fan 'Geordie Josh' rants over Thierno Barry's winning goal
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As well as Everton’s 3-2 win at Newcastle United being a ding-dong high-scoring thriller, there were plenty of sub-plots among the breathtaking action at St James’ Park. Here, Chris Beesley picks out some potential moments missed from the exciting encounter in Tyneside.
Ndiaye’s late filth
Both Iliman Ndiaye and Idrissa Gueye were on it for Everton up in the North East and their respective displays were not lost on Blues boss David Moyes. Speaking in his post-match press conference, he said: “I have to say, I thought it was the best the two Senegalese boys have played since they’ve come back from the African Nations. I thought they both made a big difference today.”
Ndiaye in particular appeared to have his mojo back and it wasn’t just goalkeeper Jordan Pickford who displayed his skills in spectacular fashion in stoppage time with his finger-tip save to tip Sandro Tonali’s sweetly struck volley on to the crossbar. With Everton clinging on to a 3-2 lead, many players in Ndiaye’s left wing position would have desperately tried to move the ball towards the corner flag, but it seemed like the 25-year-old ‘baller’ was the coolest man among over 52,000 inside St James Park.
Some 92 minutes are on the clock when a Pickford free-kick finds Ndiaye, who nonchalantly chests the ball down and then traps it with his right boot in a single movement. The Blues ace then leaves Jacob Murphy mesmerised by Ndiaye’s fancy footwork before playing a ‘filthy’ no-look pass for Gueye to run on to.
Gio Iliman Ndiaye, a fan account on X (formerly Twitter) dedicated to the Senegal international star described the move as “absolute cinema” while Evertonian Tom Jenkins felt sympathy for the Newcastle opponent, remarking: “Ndiaye – he has a family!”
KDH – he’ll rise when he wants
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall was another of those Everton players who was seemingly everywhere against Newcastle United, always pushing and probing, popping up and laying the winning goal for Thierno Barry on a plate. However, after he was lying stricken on the turf in the 88th minute, holding his left leg, gargantuan Toon defender Dan Burn tried to take matters into his own hands by manhandling the Blues midfielder and attempting to pull him back to his feet.
Despite the 6ft 7in stopper’s best efforts, the grimacing Dewsbury-Hall was in no mood for a ‘helping’ hand, and instantly fell back into a prostrate position, delivering a few choice words as Newcastle’s Lewis Hall, who appeared to have caught a potentially painful flailing arm in the ‘lower midriff’ from his opponent went tumbling down again, and Harrison Armstrong both waded into the fracas.
What was also curious from Dewsbury-Hall, especially with the Fiji v England rugby union international at Hill Dickinson Stadium having been confirmed for the summer, alongside the Rugby League Magic Weekend, was the sight of him for the second game running, doing an ‘up and under’ kick-off. The ball is passed to him and he half-volleys it high towards the wing.
They all count
It took Thierno Barry some 17 matches to break his scoring duck for Everton and when he was searching for that elusive first goal, plenty of people were saying that the Frenchman just needed one to go in off his backside. Well, the 23-year-old has now done just that with what proved to be a ‘landmark’ strike.
As Evertonian Ell Bretland observed on X, the £27million summer signing from Villarreal is now the highest scoring ‘Barry’ in Blues history with six goals, having eclipsed namesake Gareth Barry (five) plus Welsh pair Barry Horne (three) and Barry Rees (two). One web warrior among the Toon Army was left unimpressed though in an online rant.
Describing himself as an award winning content creator and Sandro Tonali’s number one fan, Gallowgate End season ticket holder ‘Geordie Josh’ fumed: “He scored with his a**e. My head is on Mars.
“I swear to God, I didn’t even know. I came back from the match and probably three hours later, I realised Barry scored with his a**e.
“I swear to God (again), I was in that stadium at the Gallowgate, I see Barry sticking his tongue out, thinking ‘wow, he must have scored a wonder goal,’ a smash and tap-in. He scored with his backside.
“What are you doing with your tongue out mate? You’ve scored with your a**e.”
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