52 secs Anthony Elanga's shot was blocked by Jordan Pickford at the expense of a corner. Lewis Miley's right footed inswinger at the South End of the stadium reached Malick Thiaw, between James Tarkowski and Michael Keane towards the near post. He arrowed in a downward header. 1-0

25 mins Elanga ran down the right and sent over a low cross that rebounded off an opponent and fell to Tino Livramento. Next in possession was Harvey Barnes, whose attempt to finding Nick Woltemade was also cleared and reach Livramento, who was now in a more central position in the area.

His first-time shot was heading wide before Dan Burn stuck out a foot on the edge of the six yard box and pinged the ball backwards to the centre. That sat up nicely in front of Lewis Miley, who sent a left-footed half volley goalwards from just inside the area that Jordan Pickford made a hash of and slapped betwen his own legs and into the goal. 2-0

45 mins Livramento initiated another attack down the United right, clipping a tempting centre over halfway that Elanga ran on to. Evading Tim Iroegbunam, the winger steered a pass infield to the unmarked Nick Woltemade as Vitalii Mykolenko seemed to hesitate.

Spurning the chance to shoot immediately, United's German forward simply lifted the ball back over the head of the stranded Pickford and into the net, James Garner tracking back in vain. 3-0

Half time: Toffees 0 Magpies 3

58 mins Miley's tempting deep centre from the left was knocked down Burn on the six yard line to Woltemade, whose close control set up a shooting chance that Pickford met with a great block.

Barnes picked up the loose ball on the left hand byline and fed it back to Hall, whose delivery was even more delicious than Miley's. Dropping in about the same place beyond the far post, it was met  by Malick Thiaw with another precise header. The scenes that followed were biblical. 4-0

69 mins Tarkowski pumped a pass from the halfway line into the path of Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, whose half-turn as the ball dropped took him away from Thiaw in the box. The Toffee beat Ramsdale with a first-time effort from inside the six yard box with Livramento unable to intervene. 4-1

Full time: Toffees 1 Magpies 4

Boyhood Toffees fan Eddie Howe said:

"It was a massive win for us. Our first away win of the season, we needed it, we've been chasing it and it has been elusive so far, but it was a big moment today.

"It was a really good performance as well from the players. We looked solid, we looked physically really good ,which was a tough test after Marseille, coming back, having to refocus on the Premier League.

"I was really pleased for the squad today: it was a squad victory. We made changes because I didn’t want fatigue on the pitch. After the Brentford and West Ham games, I felt we were tired and lethargic.

"We have to trust the squad and they repaid that faith. The players who came in were excellent. The players who remained from the previous games did well too. We had athleticism and pace in the right areas of the pitch.

"That (away win) was really important (for the fans) as we haven’t had that feeling enough or at all.

“Very pleased today that we were able to put that right and give them that winning feeling to go back to Newcastle with. I’m just pleased I don’t have to answer the dreaded questions on it (the winless away run).

“We have a lot of work to do to say we have solved some of the issues we have had, but it is a big moment for us. A step forward.

"Time will tell (if this is a turning point) I’m not going to make any big statements, there is a long way to go."

On the goals:

"Big goals, the first one is a great ball from Lewis Miley, who I thought played really well today, and he (Malick Thiaw) got his head to it, and the second one is a great ball from Lewis Hall.

"So goals from different sources, two set plays, but I thought we looked a goal threat all day. Nick (Woltemade) took his goal well, which was good for him to be back on the scoresheet, and we could have got more."

On whether Nick Pope would have started if fit:

"Good try! That is something for me to know.

"We are disappointed to lose him. We can't afford to lose any player. He suffered an injury just towards the end of training. I did not name the team until yesterday.

"So we were just training as normal, he was wrong-footed on a shot and felt something in his groin, more after training than in that moment, and we hope he is not out for long.

"We need him back. He will have a scan in the next few days to find the damage."

On Aaron Ramsdale:

"(I was) delighted with Aaron Ramsdale today: I thought he came and did really well. Nick and Aaron are very different goalkeepers with very different strengths: they’re both very effective.

“I think Aaron showed his qualities with the ball at his feet today, he distributed the ball very well.

"He wasn’t overly worked necessarily in terms of shots, but what he did have to handle, I thought he did well. I didn’t think he could do much for the goal. I think it’s a good day for him and a good day for the team in general.”

On Sven Botman:

“Sven is going to see a specialist this week (about his back problem). Fingers crossed, he’s not out for too long. Any absence of a player with Sven’s qualities, especially with the injuries that he has had, is a blow for us. So, fingers crossed."

David Moyes said:

"They were much better than us. They played better and were much more physical, much more experienced than we are. You can see that Newcastle are learning from their Champions League games.

"Newcastle are maybe the most powerful team in the Premier League. Maybe it's Arsenal, but Newcastle are big, physical, so hard to play against. We couldn't stop them.

"We're not at Newcastle's level. They would have had to have had probably an off night and we'd probably had to have a really good night to get a result.

"We were beaten by a far better team, a far more experienced looking team and much more powerful team than we were. It brought us back down to earth a bit after the result (a 1-0 win away at Manchester United) we had on Monday.

“We gave away (from) a corner, you can lose (from) a corner, that can happen to most teams. But the second and third goals were really poor goals for us to give away.

“We could have dealt with them a lot better. We actually played pretty well with the ball. For long periods we were probably the better team with the ball, no doubt about that.

"The bigger thing was how quick they broke, how fast they broke. Every time we sort of risked the ball or gave the ball away, they were quick to try and get on us and they got onto our back line too quick and it caused us problems. We couldn't stop it."