Sean Dyche said:

"I'm really pleased. We took a knock on Saturday with a late goal, it gives you a knock as a team. We were very good, we know they've had injuries but they still put out a fair side. I thought we did really well, particularly in the second half.

"I'm really pleased for Dom, he's been working hard. We're trying to mix and match to keep people fresh. I'm sure he'll be feeling better for a goal and deservedly so.

"I'm not sure what you have to do for a penalty, because we can't get them. We had one on Saturday, I don't know how it wasn't given. I really don't know why they had to look at this one 300 times. 

"The lads have seen it, they're not getting involved because they're not allowed to, but I don't know why it takes so long to give it.

"After the second-half performance, we certainly deserved a point.

"There was a lot of noise around them (Newcastle) about injuries, but you could see they still put out a very strong side. They can score goals, and they have got some players who are in form.

"First half, we weren’t a million miles away I didn’t think. I said at half-time to the players, ‘we aren’t a million miles away here, I can smell it in the room, the feel of the performance’. 

"In the second half, I thought we were really good. We took the game on and totally deserved at least a point - and we finally got another penalty which was pleasing.

"To bounce back after a really disappointing end of the game on Saturday, and then give that performance in the second half, is very pleasing. 

"The squad mentality (is key) - everyone was out there making a difference tonight. That’s important because I have a saying, ‘be the player that makes the difference’. 

That is key, and the mentality was key tonight, but it doesn't guarantee the next one, and we have to make sure we guarantee the next one. So that performance needs to go again Saturday.”

Newcastle threw away two points after substitute Paul Dummett gifted visitors Everton a late penalty at St. James' Park on Tuesday evening.

A needless wrestling hold by Dummett on Ashley Young from a harmless Toffees cross allowed VAR to urge referee Tony Harrington to review the damning footage at pitchside and Dominic Calvert-Lewin to convert from the spot for his first goal in 19 Premier League games.

That penalty was almost saved, but Martin Dubravka's hand sent the ball into the roof of the net for an 88th minute equaliser that was particularly galling, given what had gone on before in the game. 

Eddie Howe's patched-up side should have been out of sight at that point; a marginal VAR decision denying Dan Burn and numerous other golden chances spurned. Burn's finish from a smart free kick routine wasn't to be, but would have been a deserved return for a good shift in central defence.

Visiting substitute James Garner did hit the inside of Dubravka's post, but that was a rare moment of danger in the largely untroubled United area - home defenders noticeably playing their way out of danger or making clearances rather than pass to the goalkeeper when he'd come off his line.

Harvey Barnes, Jacob Murphy and Bruno Guimaraes all spurned opportunities to claim the vital second that would almost certainly have resulted in victory, but Alexander Isak's inability to place a first-time shot from six yards on 67 minutes either side of Mykolenko was the decisive moment.

That was one of three chances that fell to the Swede following a 15th minute opener when he had calmly beaten pantomime villain Jordan Pickford in the Leazes goal en route to a fourth full game for club and country in less than a fortnight - unheard of pitch time for him as a Magpie.

Sean Dyche readied a triple substitution just before the hour mark after seeing his side apparently go two behind; persisting with them all when Burn's effort was ruled out and seeing an upturn in effort from his ailing side as United continued to misfire and their energy levels visibly dropped.

Nine minutes of added time were indicated but failed to produce any clear-cut chances for United to regain the lead despite the efforts of Bruno to try and drive his side forward.  

A point left the black and whites in eighth - outside of the European places - as West Ham drew 1-1 with Tottenham Hotspur soon after to retain seventh spot by a single point.

Everton remain winless in 13 PL games since December - their worst-ever run of form in that competition. That's of no solace though to a Magpies side who have now frustratingly donated four points to the beleaguered Toffees this season. 

If Saturday saw three points wrestled off West Ham when Newcastle emptied their bench, then Tuesday betrayed the lack of credible options now available beyond the starting line-up. 

This XI was unavailable tonight - and Gordon aside, will be the same at Fulham on Saturday: 

Pope, Trippier, Livramento, Botman, Lascelles, Joelinton, Tonali, Miley, Wilson, Gordon, Almiron. 

Given the partial fitness levels of several starters, we needed to get our work done in the first hour or so here and build up a viable lead in that time. Given the way our season has gone, one goal was never going to be enough and the much-maligned lunatic in the Everton goal did his bit in both keeping us out and initiating attacks as a de-facto quarter back.  

Almost inevitably there had to be a new injury concern; Lewis Hall struggling with what looked like a rib issue in the first half but playing on until eventually conking out in the closing stages.

Any further injuries will stretch us beyond breaking point; even without that, the latest raft of absentees threaten our European qualification hopes as much as dropping two points did. Kieran Trippier's supposedly imminent return has been shelved, while Matt Targett's supposed recovery sounds increasingly fragile.  

Any sympathy for Dummett is tempered with pure frustration at our current plight, but a player with four minutes of Premier League football to his name in two years before tonight shouldn't have been on the field. He looked woefully off the pace and unsurprisingly struggled when we attacked. 

Like the presence of Matt Ritchie, it's a mixture of misfortune and mismanagement going back years: other bench options included two goalkeepers and a reserve player soon to be out of contract. Quite what scenario would have seen the latter of those introduced is open to question.      

Teams taking points off each other elsewhere does leave us with opportunities in the coming weeks, but our task of qualifying for another European adventure just became more difficult. And even the legitimacy of that aspiration is now questionable, given the injury hangover that now extends into next season - we may not see some players until 2025 but they'll still be on the wage bill. 

Biffa