‘I do not rate Mohamed Diame at all, I don’t think he’s very good, in fact, I think he’s rubbish. However….’

Everton fans comment after win at St James Park: ‘We beat Newcastle, made up, not bothered how we did it either, I hate them.’

Former top referee Dermot Gallagher has no doubts about his verdict on the Jonjo Shelvey sending off against Everton.

Sam Allardyce “Newcastle had the extra day to recover and they made a lot of changes to the team as well so they had fresher legs.”

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Danny Murphy “Jonjo Shelvey is unlucky, and Newcastle were unlucky, even though Alan Shearer was fuming.”

Rafa Benitez “The way that we were playing, the chances that we had, it was unbelievable to go in at half-time losing 1-0.”

Wayne Rooney after Newcastle 0 Everton 1: “A tough game, although Newcastle haven’t been on a great run of form, always a difficult game.”

Newcastle 0 Everton 1 – Instant NUFC fan/writer reaction to Wednesday night’s defeat.

Newcastle 0 Everton 1 – The Toon player match ratings for Wednesday night’s game.