Everton FC boss furious after Newcastle collapse
Marco Silva's side led 2-0 at half-time but the home side hit back to claim all three points
Damian Spellman
Everton boss Marco Silva was left fuming as Newcastle fought back to win a five-goal thriller in controversial fashion.
The Toffees led 2-0 at the break through goals from Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Richarlison and after England keeper Jordan Pickford had conceded, then saved, a Matt Ritchie penalty amid appeals for his dismissal for a foul on Salomon Rondon.
However, they capitulated after it as Rondon and a late quick-fire double from Ayoze Perez snatched three priceless points.
However, Silva was convinced Perez's winner should have been chalked off, claiming the officials had failed to spot five Magpies players in offside positions.
He said: "When they scored the third goal it was a big mistake by the assistant, nothing more to say. It was a clear offside.
"If you see the image it's not just one player or two players in offside positions, there were five Newcastle players in the same line in offside positions. It was a clear offside, five players in offside positions.
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"If 2-2 for us at that moment was a big frustration, imagine when they scored the third goal in a clear offside position?"
Marco Silva confronts officials following the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Everton FC at St. James Park on March 09, 2019 (Image: Nigel Roddis/Getty Images)
It proved to be an eventful afternoon on Tyneside for former Sunderland keeper Pickford, who produced fine saves to deny Perez and substitute Paul Dummett, but also conceded the penalty after spilling a cross and could only parry Miguel Almiron's shot to allow Perez to equalise.
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Asked about the 25-year-old, who was taunted by home fans throughout, Silva said: "I'm not here to do that. Everything I have to say to my players I will say in our dressing room. I have already said something to them.
"First, we have to look to ourselves. We lost because it was our fault, because I'm sure if we had kept doing what we did in the first half and we did what we had to do in the first 15 minutes of the second half, we would have killed the match with a third goal."
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