Newcastle United ended their away day blues with a 4-1 win victory over Everton on their ever visit to the Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Malick Thiaw headed the Magpies in front less than a minute in before Lewis Miley doubled the lead in the 25th minute. Nick Woltemade made it 3-0 on the brink of half-time before Thiaw added a fourth near the hour-mark.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall pulled one back for the Toffees in the 69th minute as Newcastle recorded a first win on the road in the Premier League since April.
Howe made six changes from the 2-1 defeat in Marseille, with Aaron Ramsdale’s inclusion in place of the injured Nick Pope the headline news.
Lewis Hall, Lewis Miley, Joelinton, Anthony Elanga and Nick Woltemade were brought in place of Fabian Schar, Sandro Tonali, Joe Willock, Jacob Murphy and Anthony Gordon.
There were just 55 seconds on the clock when Malick Thiaw headed home Miley’s in-swinging corner. The corner was awarded after Jordan Pickford made a good save to deny Elanga.
Everton dominated possession from then on but that didn’t stop the Magpies from doubling their lead through Miley. The midfielder’s shot was straight at Pickford but the former Sunderland man fumbled the ball into his net.
That allowed Newcastle to take control and they added a third just before half-time when Woltemade lobbed the ball over Pickford after being found in space by Elanga.
Thiaw added his second and United’s fourth in the 58th minute when he headed in Lewis Hall’s cross. Dewsbury-Hall later pulled one back for the hosts.
Here are our Newcastle United player ratings:
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2. Aaron Ramsdale - 8
Newcastle supporters have been calling for Ramsdale to start and they’ll be happy with what they saw. Phenomenal save to keep out James Garner’s in-swinging corner. | Getty Images
3. Tino Livramento - 8
Asserted himself on the game early on when he nicked the ball off Jack Grealish. Was afforded space down the right and caused problems for Everton. | Getty Images
4. Malick Thiaw - 9
Two aggressive headers to make it 1-0 and 4-0. A lapse in concentration allowed Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to pull one back with 20 minutes to go. | Getty Images