http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Everton-c13019 tamed Newcastle United 3-1 at Goodison Park on Sunday, to finish the table on seventh place, while the final day results meant that the Magpies will have to contend with playing Europa League next season.
Steven Pienaar and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tony-Hibbert-c35447 late in the game proved to be inconsequential as the Toffees finished
off the season in a sensational manner, expanding their unbeaten run to eight successive games. The win also helped them finish ahead of their Merseyside rivals http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 by a margin of 4 points, after the Reds succumbed to a 1-0 defeat at the Liberty Stadium.
However, in the event that Newcastle would have gone on to win their last game, they would have still ended up short of qualifying for the Champions League, after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 and Tottenham Hotspur won their respective matches against West Bromwich and Fulham
on the same day.
The Magpies threatened to grab an early lead after a free kick from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tim-Howard-c35095 managed to keep the ball out from close to the goal line.
However, after a jittery start the hosts assumed control of the game and started to dominate the proceedings. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Phil-Neville-c29904 cross fly over the goal post.
Only minutes later, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-c25261 Williamson, which was enough to beat the Magpies shot stopper, Tim
Krul.
In the 27th minute, Everton were further rewarded for their attacking ploy, as the in-form striker Jelavic fired home his side’s second goal. The Croatian International tapped the ball in of his second attempt, after his first shot was blocked
by the goalkeeper.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leon-Osman-c22041 then had the opportunity to inflict further damage on the visiting team close to the halftime break, as his shot went just a whisker away after he did some tidy work on the right.
Papiss Cisse should have reduced the deficit to just a single goal only seconds after the break. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yohan-Cabaye-c37423 sent the Senegalese footballer one-on-one with Krul after playing a wonderful through pass, who failed to find the target with his subsequent shot.
However, in the 67th minute Heitinga scored the Toffees third goal to effectively put to an end the Magpies Champions League ambitions. The Dutchman nodded in a header from close range from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Darron-Gibson-c10368 cross from a free-kick.
And even though the visitors did grab a goal, courtesy a poor an own goal from Hibbert in the 73rd minute, there were no further hiccups from the Merseyside outfit who held on to their 2 goal advantage, to finish the table on the seventh place.
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