Newcastle United held on to earn a 2-1 victory and inflict a second consecutive defeat for the early league leaders Everton on Sunday afternoon.
Miguel Almirón injected a spark of impetus into a match painfully lacking any such incident for the opening half an hour. The Paraguayan's run helped forge an opening for Allan Saint-Maximin to force a good save from one of Everton's two Premier League debutants, Robin Olsen.

However, the Swedish goalkeeper couldn't stop Callum Wilson's penalty ten minutes into the second half. Wilson won the spot-kick, tumbling to the ground after a mindless swipe when André Gomes connected with Newcastle's striker rather than the ball at a corner.

Newcastle's summer arrival up front doubled the lead in the 84th minute, converting from a matter of inches in front of goal after a searing run in behind from second half substitute Ryan Fraser.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin provided a layer of doubt to the result when he reacted first to a deflected cross to poke a shot beyond Karl Darlow in the second minute of second half stoppage time, but Newcastle held on against a Toffees side noticeably suffering from attacking absentees.