Key events
83 min: Newcastle have had 24 shots at goal tonight to Everton’s 11. Stats, huh.
82 min: Newcastle make another change, replacing Gonzalez with Steur.
81 min: A corner for Newcastle out on the left. Elanga loops it in. The whistle goes for a Newcastle foul, and then Schar and Mykolenko grab themselves a piece of each other’s shirt. Both are booked.
79 min: Everton look pretty comfortable now. “I haven’t been an Everton supporter long enough to have experienced it firsthand but I know that as far as small-team opposition goes, Wigan is not a positive memory in the annals of potential cup runs,” writes Matt Burtz. “However, this team is different, and should they see this out you would have to imagine that they would put all of their effort into a cold Tuesday or Wednesday night at Fleetwood in December.”
78 min: Alcaraz wins a corner down the right. Dewsbury-Hall sends it in. The ball drops to Alcaraz on the penalty spot … but not in time for his getting a shot away. The Toon clear their lines.
77 min: Dibling and George make way for Norgaard and Alcaraz.
76 min: Wissa one-twos with Elanga, making space in the Everton box on the right. He’s got a chance for a snapshot … but gets it all wrong, an outside-of-boot attempt sliced embarrassingly towards the left-hand corner flag.
74 min: Dewsbury-Hall is booked for a poorly timed slide into Wissa.
72 min: Newcastle need something quickly if they’re to stage a dramatic recovery. Joelinton and Wissa take turns to shoot from a tight angle on the right, but Pickford and Mykolenko take turns to block. David Moyes will be delighted with the manner in which his team have held their shape, and held firm, in this second half.
71 min: Hall sends a speculative low drive towards the bottom left, but it’s an easy claim for Pickford.
70 min: Newcastle were pressing and pressing, but they didn’t really put Pickford to work, and Everton’s patience paid off. That was a lovely counter attack. The Hill Dickinson en fête!
GOAL! Everton 3-0 Newcastle United (Barry 69)
It had been all Newcastle … but now look! Garner snaffles possession in midfield, and sends Dewsbury-Hall scampering down the left channel with a sliderule pass. Dewsbury-Hall enters the box and crosses low for Barry, who takes a touch on the penalty spot, swivels, and dispatches into the top right! So calm. Everton are surely in the quarter-finals now! Fleetwood ahoy!
67 min: Newcastle respond by replacing Murphy with Toure.
66 min: Hackney, who is living on the edge, but also scored the goal that gave Everton their two-goal cushion, is replaced by the young local hero Armstrong.
64 min: Elanga advances down the left and looks for Murphy at the far stick. Mykolenko is forced to head behind under pressure. Hall to send this one in … but it fails to beat the first man and Schar is penalised for grabbing some blue shirt.
63 min: … Elanga slices wildly into the stand behind the goal. Poor shot, though it was also a poor punch clear by Pickford. Both players should have executed better.
62 min: Hackney clatters into the back of Hall, and suddenly the former Middlesbrough man needs to watch himself against his old north-east rivals. One more loose one and he could be in a spot of bother. The resulting free kick’s launched into the mixer, winning a corner for Newcastle, from which …
60 min: Hackney is booked for preventing a restart on halfway. That’s a daft one, it wasn’t as though Newcastle were going anywhere fast.
59 min: Hackney is skittled 30 yards from goal, just to the left of centre. A promising situation … but Dewsbury-Hall slams a witless free kick straight into the wall. Newcastle counter through Elanga, who is stopped in full flight by Rohl’s well-timed last-ditch challenge. Next goal feels so important … though they always do, don’t they?
58 min: Elanga wins a corner. Pickford claims it. Everton counter through Dewsbury-Hall, who nearly finds Barry six yards out with a cross from the left. Murphy heads clear.
57 min: Dedic shoots again. Blocked again. Newcastle are pinning Everton back, and the Hill Dickinson crowd are properly living on their nerves now.
55 min: Dedic latches onto a loose ball, the best part of 30 yards from the Everton goal. He aims a first-time drive goalwards; the ball loops off Hackney’s ankle and nearly spins into the top left. Wide and high, but it’s a corner, and though nothing comes of the set piece, Newcastle are finally applying a little bit of pressure. Everton’s fans, starved of exciting cup runs for so long, are understandably getting a bit edgy now, with so much to lose.
54 min: A simple long Willock pass down the middle nearly opens up Everton. Wissa nicks in ahead of O’Brien, but can’t get enough power on an attempted looping header over Pickford, who claims.
52 min: Elanga makes a nuisance of himself down the left and feeds Hall, who crosses deep. Murphy, from a tight angle beyond the far post, tries to volley goalwards but can’t get his effort on target. To be fair, that would have been one heck of a finish had he connected properly. It wasn’t exactly a gimme.
51 min: A fairly nondescript start to the second half, which will suit Everton just fine as the clock ticks on.
49 min: Murphy drifts in from the right but scuffs his shot. Newcastle haven’t exactly flown out of the blocks with momentum-shifting intent.
47 min: Everton start the half in a relaxed manner. They’re 45 minutes away from a long-awaited proper cup run.
Newcastle, who get the second half started, have indeed sent on Joelinton. They’ve also brought on Elanga and Wissa. Osula, Barnes and Ramsey have made way.
Selected punditry courtesy of the Sky Sports + Red Button half-time team.
“Newcastle need to get William Osula onto the ball some more” – John Logie Baird
“They should send on Joelinton” – Stooky Bill
HALF TIME: Everton 2-0 Newcastle United
Everton assume control of this tie with a quick one-two, and with Fleetwood Town waiting in the quarters, dreams of a march to the semi-finals may be a tad previous … but also understandable! It’s party time at the HDS.
GOAL! Everton 2-0 Newcastle United (Hackney 45)
Barnes shoots. A deflected shot is gathered by Pickford, who sends Dewsbury-Hall off on the counter. Ramsey clips Dewsbury-Hall, but the ball breaks to Barry on the left, so the referee waves play on. Barry clips the cross back into the centre, and Hackney, rushing in, opens his body to slot across Hornicek and into the bottom left!
43 min: Barnes and Osula combine at close quarters on the penalty spot. Osula goes over. No penalty. Then Barnes is clipped lightly by Tarkowski, though it’s not enough for the referee. Erm. Indistinct colours clashing, a bit like this …
41 min: Tarkowski runs the ball out of play down the left for a corner. He wears the look of a guilty man, and waits for a whistle that doesn’t come. So then he clears his lines. At least the ball looked over the line in super non-sharp lo-def … but let’s not belabour the point any more.
