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2019 Toffees Fall Into Relegation Zone Matty Longstaff Scores

9th, A second- After Loss At Turf Moor
October half strike On Debut As

Jeff
from
| H e n d r i c k Newcastle Beat United
gave Burnley
EXAMINER over 10-man
a 1-0 victory
at
Everton
Turf Moor.
An early
IRISH a save, while Yerry Mina headed over from a corner.
free-kick from Everton’s Gylfi Sigurdsson forced Nick Pope into

Everton nearly led when Lucas Digne’s corner was directed
towards his own goal by Matthew Lowton but it was cleared off
the line by Dwight McNeil.
The Toffees went a man down on 56 minutes when captain
Seamus Coleman received his second yellow card for a foul on
McNeil.
On 72 minutes, Burnley made the breakthrough when
Hendrick brilliantly volleyed an Ashley Westwood corner past
Jordan Pickford.
Burnley’s third win of the campaign lifted them up to fifth on
12 points, while Everton drop to 17th on seven points. C

Villa Get First Away Win Against Canaries
W e s l e y atty Longstaff sent Ole minute as Bruce’s 400th Dalot cross went over his own
scored twice Gunnar Solskjaer’s Premier League match ended goal but again when Maguire
as Aston Villa MManchesterUnitedintoa with a first home win as found himself free from an
earned their tailspin by firing hometown club Newcastle manager. Ashley Young corner, only to
first away Newcastle to victory on a dream It was quite the response by head wide from close range.
win of the PremierLeaguedebut. Newcastle to their 5-0 mauling It was a poor miss from the
P r e m i e r Neither of these troubled at Leicester and looked possible England international, who
League cam- Uniteds could afford lose the from the opening minute, would be made to rue that
paign with a final match before the interna- when Sean Longstaff – a player missed opportunity.
5-1 success at tional break, with pressure Man United hoped to sign in Almiron struck wide before
N o r w i c h mounting on Magpies boss the summer – won possession Bruce replaced Joelinton with
City. Steve Bruce after a poor start to and started a threatening attack. the imposing Andy Carroll,
V i l l a the campaign and his former The visitors continued to who bundled a header over
broke the deadlock after 14 minutes when Wesley shot past club struggling for fluency, struggle to get a grip on pro- shortly after his introduction.
Michael McGovern following Anwar El Ghazi’s clipped cross. inspiration and results. ceedings as Bruce’s men looked Solskjaer applauded when
The lead was doubled 16 minutes later as Conor Hourihane But things would only wors- for an early breakthrough, with Almiron was booked for diving,
squared for Wesley to tap in. en for Solskjaer’s side in the the lively Allan Saint-Maximin shortly before the Norwegian
Wesley was denied his hat-trick before half-time after his north-east as 19-year-old jinking into space and dragging brought on teenager Mason
penalty was saved by McGovern. Longstaff’s superb second-half wide before Matty Longstaff Greenwood in a bid to turn the
Jack Grealish made it 3-0 four minutes after half-time when he strike sealed a memorable 1-0 beat De Gea with a thumping game.
played a one-two with El Ghazi before firing low into the bot- win for embattled Newcastle as attempt that hit the bar. It appeared to be working as
tom corner. the raucous away support It saw the noise inside St Man United enjoyed their best
Hourihane added a fourth on the hour mark before substitute called for the Glazers to leave James’ Park go up a notch and period in the game, with
Douglas Luiz curled in a spectacular fifth from long range on 83 Old Trafford. Fabian Schar glanced a header Rashford brilliantly denied at
minutes. This gut punch leaves on to the roof from a corner by the far post by Schar.
Josip Drmic scored a late consolation, but Villa move up to Manchester United facing an Sean Longstaff, who superbly But it was at this point that
14th place with eight points, two ahead of Norwich, who drop uncomfortable fortnight of put Miguel Almiron behind Newcastle struck on the break.
to 18th on six points. C scrutiny and introspection, before seeing Maguire get Almiron played over for
while an 11th straight winless across to provide a superb Saint-Maximin to drive through
Late Ayew Goal Sees Eagles Down Hammers away match increases the focus block. the midfield and play out to
Jordan Ayew’s late winner gave Crystal Palace a come-from- on manager Solskjaer and the There were ironic cheers Jetro Willems, whose cutback
behind victory over West Ham United. structure above him. from the visiting support when was met by a firm right-footed
Eagles goalkeeper Vicente Guaita saved from West Ham’s Things could have been so Andreas Pereira wriggled free strike from Matty Longstaff
Sebastien Haller in the first half while at the other end, Ryan different had Harry Maguire to get their first shot on target that beat De Gea and sent St
Fredericks cleared off the line to deny Jeffrey Schlupp. nodded home as half-time in the 41st minute, ending a James’ Park wild.
The Hammers took the lead after 54 minutes, Fredericks approached, only for the Red wait that stretched back to It was a fine 72nd-minute
squaring for Haller to finish past Guaita. Devils’ familiar futility in front Monday’s draw with Arsenal effort by the 19-year-old and
Palace equalized nine minutes later, Patrick van Aanholt scor- of goal to allow Longstaff to having failed to muster one ultimately proved the differ-
ing from the penalty spot after Declan Rice was penalized for cement himself as hometown against AZ Alkmaar. ence in the north-east.
handball. hero. That effort appeared to spur Marcos Rojo headed over as
Ayew scored the winner in the 87th minute, firing home after The teenager, playing along- United on and they should have chants of “We want Glazers
Martin Kelly headed down Andros Townsend’s cross. The goal side older brother Sean, rattled gone into half-time ahead. out” came from the vocal away
was awarded by VAR after it had originally been ruled out for the crossbar in the first half but Not only were Newcastle support. There was precious lit-
offside. C would not be denied, firing low breathing a sigh of relief when tle else to shout about as their
past David De Gea in the 72nd Schar’s header from a Diogo team toiled. C