In the fifth round of the Champions League group stage, they drew 1:1 away to the powerful Paris Saint-Germain led by Mbappe, and the Premier League beat Chelsea 4-1 at home and Manchester United 1-0 in succession, and Newcastle has been gaining momentum recently. This round of away games against relegation team Everton, is it possible to catch it?
A win for Newcastle would lift them to fifth in the Premier League table with 29 points from 15 games, just one point away from defending champions Manchester City in fourth.
However, today's Newcastle is quite like Liverpool when Klopp first took charge, robbing the rich and giving to the poor, and Bournemouth, who played a relegation team in the Premier League recently, lost 0:2.
Yes, Newcastle started the 433 formation, Isak, Gordon, Almiron formed the forward trident, midfielders Joelinton, Guimaraes, Lewis, four defenders Livramento, Schal, Lascelles, Kierpier, goalkeeper Dubravka. The total value of the starting eleven is 3300 million euros.
Everton started the 4411 formation, with the forward line Calvert-Lewin rushing forward, Harrison dragging behind, midfielders McNeil, Gueye, Doucoure, Ashley Young, four defenders Mikolenko, Jarrad Branswaite, Tarkovski, Coleman, and goalkeeper Pickford. The total value of the starting eleven is 1700 million euros.
After the opening of the game, the two sides attacked and defended each other.
In the 12th minute, a free kick from the edge of Newcastle's penalty area, Kieran Trippier hit the goal directly, which was confiscated by the goalkeeper.
In the 20th minute, Harrison went straight to the right side of the penalty area, and Calvert-Lewin's shot was confiscated by the goalkeeper.
In the 30th minute, McNeil received a wonderful pass from his teammate and hit the goal, but it missed.
In the 40th minute, Lewin volleyed high in the penalty area.
In the 60th minute, Lewis volleyed over the crossbar.
In the 67th minute, Isak took the ball in midfield and sent it forward, and Gordon hit the edge of the box and volleyed high.
In the 79th minute, Everton took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the field, from Trippier made a mistake with the ball at the back, was counter-robbed, McNeil broke through the penalty area with the ball, and volleyed with his feet in the run, and the ball went in!Everton lead Newcastle 1-0.
In the 86th minute, it was Kieran Trippier who made a mistake at the back and was tackled, this time it was Harrison who broke through to the left side of the penalty area with the ball and sent a wonderful pass, and Doucoure followed up in the middle to push the goal. Everton 2:0 Newcastle.
In the last minute of stoppage time, Beto received a teammate and drove straight into the right side of the penalty area, carried away the defense and scored the goal. Everton 3-0 Newcastle sealed the win.
In the end, Newcastle lost 0:3 away to the relegation team Everton, ** still accumulated 26 points at the end of the game, ranked seventh in the Premier League standings, 4 points behind the fourth Manchester City, 1 point less than the fifth Tottenham Hotspur and the sixth Manchester United, there is still hope for Champions League qualification, but it may be difficult to achieve the wish if it is as good as it is now.