Everton 2 Newcastle United 2: match report Leighton Baines had earlier given the home side a deserved lead after 15 minutes, before Ba came off the bench to equalise early in the second half. There was a feeling of starting again at Goodison. It was four weeks since the last Premier League home game - a vibrant victory over Manchester United in an impassioned setting - but this understandably sombre occasion warranted a different approach to change the mood. The moving Hillsborough tributes have brought perspective to footballing passions on Merseyside and it felt like few thoughts were on the game in the early stages. It was necessary for the home side to provoke the sporting passions and take their supporters on a journey to a more uplifting tone, and Moyes" side duly obliged with the kind of start which did nothing to dissuade those of an optimistic nature Everton are the side to watch this season. Newcastle United's chronic injury list was bound to be a factor, too, with the likes of Fabio Coliccini, Tim Krul and Cheik Tiote among the stricken. Of greater surprise, Ba was named on the bench. The Twitter watchers noted the Ba family were less than impressed by Pardew's decision to leave out the striker who scored 17 goals last season, but it was in defence the absentees were first noticed. Everton thought they'd taken the lead within two minutes. Fellaini connected with Mirallas" right wing cross, and Steve Harper, deputising for Krul, could only fumble to the onrushing Nikica Jelavic. A linesman's flag ruled celebrations premature, but this was the prelude to a dominant opening was duly rewarded by Baines" excellent opener. During their heyday in the 1980s, Evertonians eulogised over the synchronicity of Gary Stevens and Trevor Steven on their right flank. Those memories are revived, albeit on the left nowadays, by Baines and Steven Pienaar. Pienaar's failure to excel during his brief sojourn to Tottenham is perplexing, but may reflect worse on the left backs at White Hart Lane than the South African. There is no more potent force in the Premier League than Everton's left wing combinations, underlined on 15 minutes when Pienaar's flick into Baines" path was dispatched beyond Harper. At that stage, it seemed Newcastle were in danger of playing for damage limitation. The enterprising Kevin Mirallas, who has shown enough to suggest he will soon acquire bargain status after his £5.5 million move from Olympiakos, was an inch wide from 20 yards. Phil Jagielka was even closer from 25 as Moyes" side entered the dangerous territory of possessing too slender a lead for their dominance. Newcastle may have been bereft of numbers, but they still carried an attacking threat in Hatem Ben Arfa and Papis Cissé. Cissé volleyed wide on 27 minutes after a poor defensive header by Phil Neville, while Baines was required to clear Vurnon Anita's effort off the line as the visitors took comfort in the ensuring competitiveness of the scoreline leading to half-time. Pardew would also have been encouraged by the premature departure of Jelavic on 44 minutes, too. The Croatian appeared to hurt his knee as early as the second minute, and was finally forced to succumb to be replaced by Victor Anichebe. With the greatest respect to the substitute, that was the equivalent of Moyes replacing a sharpshooter with a battering ram and Everton suffered. Pardew made his own change at the interval when Ba replaced Sylvain Marveaux, who'd excelled solely in his portrait of anonymity for 45 minutes. Ba took four minutes to make an impact, casually stroking Cabaye's pass left-footed beyond Tim Howard. His point was made, although you could imagine Pardew rehearsing his script about how the proverbial kick up the backside had the desired effect. Evidently, he'd delivered a message to all his players as it was a different Newcastle immediately after half-time. Everton finally regained their composure on the hour. Fellaini thought he'd regained the lead only for the linesman to intervene for a second time, but there was now evenness to the contest with both sides seeking the victory. Osman had Harper beaten again, but for the third time an effort from the edge of the box shaved the wrong side of the post. Anichebe then provoked fury at Goodison when his 79th minute header was cleared from behind the Newcastle goal line. The referee waved play on and Everton were then relieved to protect a point when Ben Arfa was denied by a brilliant Howard save four minutes from time. Then Anichebe struck a left footed winner, before Ba had the last word in an extraordinary conclusion.