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Newcastle did not deserve to lose, bemoans McClaren

Asked if it was a good thing to have another game so quickly, the Republic of Ireland keeper told nufctv: “In one way, but in another way, I don’t agree with the turnaround in games”.

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However it was another Republic of Ireland global whose fingerprints were all over Everton’s 1-0 win at St James’ Park.


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Mirallas, recalled for the first time in four months, forced Elliot to make another save in the 19th minute, capping a spell of pressure that indicated why Everton possess such fine away record this season, although their solitary defeat is accompanied by too many draws.

Everton is tenth in the league with 23 points having won 5 games, drawn 8 and lost 4.

As for Newcastle, they remain in the relegation zone level on points with Norwich City who had lost earlier in the day to Tottenham Hotspur, while Sunderland and Aston Villa make up the bottom three after both failed to win on Saturday.

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“Do we take the belief and confidence from our performance?” “I still think he was causing them problems with his physicality”. “I can’t guarantee we will be better but we’re working and working and seeing progress”.

“It’s a big test physically and mentally for the players after that because they gave absolutely everything”. Do we take it into Monday’s game, which is a massive game?

“We are where we are, but we want to have a better second half to the season than we did the first”.

He said: “It’s very hard to straight away re-focus and lift”. They have some real quality in that side, look really good on the ball and have got it right going forward.

“We talk about crawling off and they did”.

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Everton’s victory over Newcastle was dramatic, but Newcastle really should have got more from the match.

Steve McClaren