Everton 3-0 Newcastle: Dyche's men move out of bottom three after late blitz

If only Everton’s accountants were as good at maths as their supporters, who celebrated this victory to lift their team into the top half of the Premier League, as one quipped on full-time. At least, that is, in a world where they weren’t docked 10 points for naively breaching financial rules.

As it is, they have scrambled from the bottom three for the first time since last month’s sanction, and the bean counters who failed to protect the club will be breathing a sigh of relief.

Sean Dyche, meanwhile, continues to sprinkle his magic beans. This was Everton’s third win in four matches. They would, in that alternative universe, only be six points behind Newcastle.

Another points deduction incoming? Bring it on. If anything, they should get it out of the way while it looks like Dyche and his players have plenty to spare on those at the bottom.

This was the Dogs of War versus the Dogs of Wor, and Newcastle came into it with their tails wagging. Anthony Gordon, on his return to Goodison Park, has been among the country’s most in-form players of late, making the £40million Newcastle invested in January look cheap.

But come the end of a bitter night - weather and emotion - Eddie Howe and his Champions League players were licking their wounds. They felt the bark and bite of a resurgent Everton. ‘Anthony Gordon, what’s the score?’ they howled into the cold of the night. ‘Premier League, what’s the score?’ very quickly followed. There is no shortage of motivation for the Toffees right now.

Not that this was a walk in the park. Everton aren’t great at home and Newcastle aren’t great away - one win apiece before this - and so we looked set for a predictable stalemate approaching the final 10 minutes. That was when Everton belatedly