Everton and Newcastle United were both left frustrated after playing out an eventful stalemate at Goodison Park.
Newcastle United played the more controlled football in a frenetic contest but squandered a first-half penalty when former Everton forward Anthony Gordon saw a first-half penalty saved by England keeper Jordan Pickford.
Gordon had been taunted by Everton’s fans from the first whistle but missed the chance to silence his tormentors when his poor spot-kick was saved by Pickford diving to his left after James Tarkowski was rightly penalised for foolishly dragging Sandro Tonali to the floor at a corner.
Everton had earlier seen an Abdoulaye Doucoure header ruled out for offside and Tonali’s shot was cleared off the line by Iliman Ndiaye as both sides tried to make the breakthrough in a scrappy encounter.
Gordon missed another big chance late on but Everton also wasted a huge opportunity when substitute Idrissa Gueye blazed over an open goal after Newcastle keeper Nick Pope had saved from Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who had his claims for a penalty after clashing with defender Dan Burn chasing the rebound turned away by referee Craig Pawson.
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