19 mins James Garner sent over a flag kick from the Strawberry Corner towards the near post, where Joelinton shaped to intercept. However Jarrad Branthwaite timed his run to arrive a fraction earlier with marker Sandro Tonali in pursuit. The defender netted his first competitive goal for almost two years with a flicked header that went in off the far post at the Gallowgate End. 0-1

32 mins Finding his way down the left touchline impassable, Joelinton turned around before laying the ball back to Tonali. His sweeping pass infield eluded Idrissa Gueye and reached Jacob Ramsey in a central position in front of the Everton area.

He worked the ball on to his right foot and shot goalwards, the ball looping off the outstretched foot of Branthwaite and over Jordan Pickford. 1-1

34 mins 105 seconds later, Everton were level. James Tarkowski picked out Dwight McNeil towards the Everton right with a pass from the halfway line. The Everton winger's first touch took him away from Lewis Hall and he pushed it forward to Beto.

With his route to goal booked by a pair of opponents, the visiting striker laid the ball back to McNeil, who sent a low curling left footer goalwards from 20 yards. Nick Pope was equal to that as he dived to his right, but inexplicably pushed the ball back across his own goal. First to react was Beto, who launched it into the roof of the unguarded net from inside the six yard box. 1-2

The goal brought to mind one Mike Hooper once conceded against Leicester City at Filbert Street, although he was more beached whale than Pope's performing seal impression here.... 

Half time: Magpies 1 Toffees 2

82 mins Tonali threaded a pass through to Joelinton deep in the left side of the Toffees' box. His return pass found Jacob Murphy unmarked in a central spot 18 yards from goal and his right-footed volley bounced and took a deflection en route to the back of the net. 2-2

83 mins 74 seconds later, Everton were ahead. From the kick-off, the ball went back to Pickford, whose long clearance ended up with Pope. He restarted play by rolling it to Malick Thiaw, who found Gordon, facing his own goal and stood between two opponents when he motioned for the pass.

His first touch saw him challenged by Gueye before Iliman Ndiaye nicked the ball and scampered goalwards. A short pass that ended up with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, and he dribbled round Tonali before rolled the ball across goal from the left side of the six yard box as Dan Burn arrived.

With Hall on his shoulder and possibly guilty of pushing him, Thierno Barry bundled the ball over the line from point-blank range, the final touch coming off the Frenchman's derriere.  2-3

Full time: Magpies 2 Toffees 3

Eddie Howe said:

"Certainly in relation to the Premier League, our form for a while has not been strong enough. It’s not been good enough. We know that. We take responsibility for that.

"It’s been really frustrating for us and that is the perils of Europe, I’m afraid, where we’ve tried to be laser-focused on every game and give attention to every game with the same importance.

"We have to be at that level all the time. The Premier League is so tough. The games are so difficult regardless of who you play or where you play. If you are off, you are going to get punished."

On his in-game formation changes:

"The set-up was done with reason, and with the limited time we had to prepare, we had good logic. We didn't like and we changed it."

On Jacob Ramsey:

"It looked like an illness. At first, I was aware it was at half-time. He felt he could continue, but it was obvious at the start of that half that he couldn't."

David Moyes said: 

"It was a really good game, brilliant performances from the players.

"Coming to St James' Park is never an easy place to win and they're a very good team, an improving team as well so for us to get three points is amazing.

"You know what it's like when they're shooting down the hill here, you feel you're going to get pegged back but we were aware and I thought we were really disciplined.

"We lost to goals to two deflected shots so that was disappointing but overall the players played really well.

"We never gave Newcastle a chance to enjoy their moment. Great credit to our players, their mentality was great, stuck at it and came away from home against a good side and got a result.

"I'm hugely pleased with how we're doing. I want to get away from this thing that we don't have any home form."

On Jordan Pickford's save to deny Tonali:

"I was laughing. I was gonna run on the pitch and celebrate a save again (he was booked earlier in the season for celebrating a late equaliser in that fashion).

"Sandro Tonali couldn't have hit that any better, it was technically brilliant but the save was out of this world. Jordan played well today, helped us out a lot and his save was top notch."