Everton 0-0 Newcastle United: Toffees battle to stalemate

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Will Rooney reports from Goodison Park.

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00:00Full-time here at Goodison Park and Everton in a 0-0 draw against Newcastle United.

00:06A real steely and resolute performance from Everton. We haven't seen that so far this season.

00:10Just their first clean sheet in the Premier League.

00:13And on the balance I think a draw was deserved. Newcastle probably had the better of the play.

00:18But Everton grounded out and had a couple of opportunities. Could have even had a penalty themselves.

00:23I mean a big talking point after the game will be Anthony Gordon's penalty miss.

00:27Of course he was coming back here to Goodison Park. He left in January 2023 under somewhat controversial circumstances.

00:35He was the boo boy and he didn't deliver when he had a chance to silence the crowd.

00:44Because in the first half Newcastle had a gilt-edged chance to break the deadlock from the penalty spot.

00:50James Tarkowski was a judge to have hauled down Sandro Tonali.

00:54BAR recommended Craig Pawson review the incident and he pointed to the penalty spot.

01:00But Jordan Pickford won the Battle of the Man Games and made a sprawling save to his left to keep out Anthony Gordon.

01:09Much to the fans' delight.

01:11The first half was a fantastic spectacle.

01:14Everton actually had a goal disallowed before Gordon's penalty for offside.

01:19I'd like to call it. He did strike offside when he headed home James Garner's cross.

01:25And in the second half Newcastle had a couple of chances.

01:29One was cleared off the line and Everton felt they should have had a penalty themselves.

01:33When Dominic Calvert-Lewis played through on goal, saw his chance saved by Nick Pope and then going for the rebounds.

01:40He went down under pressure from Dan Byrne, the Newcastle defender.

01:44But it was a judge that Dominic Calvert-Lewis kicked Dan Byrne rather than the other way round.

01:49Sean Dyche was a little bit baffled about after the final whistle.

01:54We'd just spoken to him in his post-match press conference.

01:57But I think he's happy with the point, especially given that Everton lost two big players in the build-up this week.

02:04Jarrett Bramfwaite, after coming back in that 2-1 win against Crystal Palace, has suffered a minor thigh injury.

02:10So that rules him out.

02:12Vitaly Mikhalenko, the regular left-back, was also unavailable for calf injury.

02:16So a makeshift defence for Everton.

02:18James Garner featuring at right-back, actually the younger left-back.

02:22James Garner was played really, really well by Jordan Pickford.

02:25He was man of the match.

02:27It was a great game. Stuck it out in a position that he hasn't played in an awful lot.

02:32A lot of credit has to go to Michael Keane as well.

02:34He's had a lot of criticism this season from sections of supporters.

02:38But I thought he was fantastic today.

02:40I thought he made a couple of outstanding sliding tackles.

02:44A real big, important header when a cross came into the box in the closing stages.

02:48So he deserves credit and so does Everton.

02:51Hopefully now, three games unbeaten, five points in three games.

02:55He can build a little bit of momentum.

02:59The international break is coming at the right time, Gordon,

03:01so they can get a few bodies back before they make the trip to Ipswich

03:07when the international break is over.

03:09Overall, a good result for Everton here against a Newcastle side

03:12who have a lot of threat, albeit some of them were missing,

03:15but are a very good outfit.

03:16It's Everton 0, Newcastle 0.

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