The after-effects of a painful Merseyside derby defeat lingered for Everton but there was a recovery of sorts for Jordan Pickford against Newcastle. The England goalkeeper produced two late saves from Christian Atsu, one a fine stop at full stretch, to prevent Rafael Benítez’s team compounding a miserable week for Marco Silva’s side.While Newcastle fans hope that a consortium led by Peter Kenyon, or anyone for that matter, buys out Mike Ashley sooner rather than later, their manager continues the task of keeping the club a going Premier League concern. The visitors would have departed with three valuable points but for a glaring miss from Atsu, who shot tamely at Pickford when played clean through by Ayoze Pérez in the 90th minute. Moments earlier he had struck a cleaner shot towards the bottom corner only for Pickford, smarting after his costly error at Liverpool, to save impressively. But this was not the release that Everton were hoping for. Related: Newcastle owner Mike Ashley looking at four bids in excess of £300m for club Continue readingreadfullarticle
