Everton 0-0 Newcastle United - Jordan Cronin reacts - video Dailymotion

Newcastle United drew 0-0 with Everton in their final visit to Goodison Park.

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00:00So here we are at Pitch Black Gunnarsson Park where Newcastle United have ended their final

00:06visit here with a 0-0 draw. Frustration is the word I would use for that one. Newcastle

00:13United had lots of chances to win that. They were in control of that game for large parts

00:21but didn't have that killer instinct in the final third and that probably comes down to

00:27the fact that they didn't have a senior striker on the pitch today. Anthony Gordon leading

00:33the line and for as good as I thought he played today, the key moments were missing that penalty

00:39and then there was a moment in the second half when he went for a goal and skied the

00:43ball over the crossbar. Newcastle should have won today and I think there will be a lot

00:51of people frustrated that they didn't get a result here but I'm going to be positive

00:55about the performance because I've been critical of Newcastle this season in games where they've

00:59actually won. They didn't get that winner today but I actually thought in the main the

01:04performance was good. The most controlled performance of the season albeit a disappointing

01:11result. Dan Byrne in the back I thought was exceptional in terms of dominating in the

01:16air. The midfield three, I want to get a special word out, Bruno Guimaraes, Joel Linton and

01:22Sandro Tonali. I thought that was the best balance we've seen from a midfield three this

01:29season. Bruno back to his best, just oozing class and calm on the ball. Just a really

01:37intelligent footballer as we've seen there, winning fouls in good positions. Tonali linked

01:42up really well down the right hand side with Trippier and Murphy, nearly casting out the

01:47goal moments after coming off but I thought offensively he brought a real threat down

01:51that right hand side and showed some really, really neat touches. So positive signs from

01:55him and Joel Linton who Eddie Howe described as a destroyer in his pre-match press comments

02:00and he was certainly that today. He drove Newcastle United forward and just sweeped

02:06away I think in midfield. Newcastle United's best away performance for a long time didn't

02:11quite equal in the result but positive signs and they need to build on that now to two

02:16weeks and a national break before Brighton come to St James' Park.