This is what Anthony Gordon did at full-time after Newcastle United beat Everton

Anthony Gordon made a winning return to Everton as Newcastle United swept aside Sean Dyche’s men at Goodison Park.

Callum Wilson opened the scoring in the 28th minute but the Magpies had to dig deep before Joelinton doubled the lead inside the final quarter of an hour.

Wilson then added a third with a stunning strike from outside the box. Dwight McNeil pulled one back directly from a corner before substitute Jacob Murphy quickly restored United’s three-goal advantage following a quality assist from Alexander Isak.

Gordon was introduced with three minutes plus stoppage time remaining, and was loudly booed by the Everton fans who decided to stay until the full-time whistle.

As Eddie Howe’s squad went over to thank the 3,000 travelling Geordies, Gordon was captured joining in the celebrations - singing along to ‘EI EI EI EI O, up the Premier League we go’ chant.

Newcastle moved eight points clear of fifth place Tottenham Hotspur in their quest for Champions League qualification. Everton, meanwhile, stayed in the relegation zone - two points from safety.

Asked about Gordon’s return to Goodison Park after the game, Howe said: “I’m guessing it was difficult for him. I had a chat with him at length yesterday [Wednesday] and I was confident he would be able to handle the environment after speaking with him.

“I think it was a good time to bring him, almost to get it out the way for him. He’s played, it’s done, and at that stage of the game it was pretty much over. I think it was really good thing for him to just mentally deal with and hopefully move on now and focus on his career for us.”

Gordon ended his 11-year spell at Goodison Park in January to join Newcastle in a £45million deal, and his exit has left a bitter taste in the mouths of Evertonians.

In the days leading up to his Newcastle switch, the former England under-21s international failed to show up at Everton’s Finch Farm training base in a reported effort to force through a transfer.

The Toffees had just sacked Frank Lampard and were in the process of appointing Sean Dyche as manager when a fee for Gordon was agreed.

Ahead of his return to Goodison Park, Gordon defended the way in which he joined Newcastle - insisting “a lot of media stuff is not true”.

Asked by the United matchday programme if he had ‘ever read, seen or heard anything about yourself in the media that blatantly wasn’t true’, Gordon replied: “Probably everything from the last year, I think!

“I don’t blame the media because it can happen, and they can get fed from outside sources. But yeah, especially with how I got this move and stuff, a lot of that wasn’t true. It was misconstrued.

“A lot of media stuff is not true and it’s difficult at times being a player because you can’t affect public opinion but you learn to block it out and it doesn’t really affect me anymore.”

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