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Miguel Almiron kept up his brilliant season with an awe-inspiring curler to lead Newcastle United to a 1-0 win over Everton at St. James' Park on Wednesday.

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Newcastle United extended their unbeaten Premier League run to six matches via a tightly fought 1-0 win over Everton. Miguel Almiron's fifth goal of the ...

MC: “They weren’t at their best but the difference now is that Newcastle can not play well but remain in control, remain disciplined and remain hard to beat. If they can remain in contention until the World Cup break then there is a genuine chance of sneaking into the top six. If we look back to the days of Steve Bruce and even Rafa Benitez to an extent, there was a feeling players didn’t enjoy the defensive side of the game but now, especially seeing the post-match photo of Pope and the back four celebrating, you can sense they love what they do. You get the sense that the back five - including Nick Pope - and the team as a whole take great pride in keeping clean sheets and being hard to break down. The challenge for Miggy now is to prove it’s not just a purple patch, but to go on and continue this form for the rest of the season. And what a turnaround by the way. MC: “I’ve watched a number of replays of the incident and I think I’d agree with the Match of the Day pundits and say I’ve seen those sort of challenges punished but I didn’t think there was enough contact to suggest it was a foul. The game was won by a moment of individual brilliance, and Newcastle have a number of players capable of that in the likes of Bruno Guimaraes, Kieran Trippier and Allan Saint-Maximin. JC: “It absolutely is the sign of a good team. There was always energy, work-rate and commitment, but now we seeing real signs of quality and he is putting end product on the end of his work. To think in January, Almiron was in the conversation of players that could be sold in the summer. A really promising pre-season has carried into the league and his five goals so far is his best return since joining from Atalanta for £20million.

Former England star Frank Lampard paid Newcastle United a huge compliment by talking about the Magpies in the same breath as Manchester United and Tottenham ...

In the second half we opened them up a lot but we just didn’t have that bit in the final third. It was two closely-matched teams in the game but in both boxes we were a bit short tonight. But by the end - with his side failing to have a shot - there were no complaints over the winners. If you do that, it’s hard to get clear-cut chances so there’s certainly work to be done on that level." I thought we could have pushed more towards the end as well. Lampard paced the technical area and was at times left clutching straws for decisions as his side failed to break Newcastle's rhythm.

Mehrdad Ghodoussi missed Newcastle United's 1-0 win over Everton on Wednesday night as he watched the match from home.

The three points kept United sixth in the table with 11 matches played. He tweeted before the match: “Wish I was there, do me proud lads #leftamandaincharge.” It was Almiron’s fifth goal of the season and Newcastle maintained their record of having the best defence in the Premier League as they kept their fifth clean sheet of the campaign so far.

And Newcastle were able to see the 1-0 win out in the second half to continue their fine start to the Premier League season. Here is how the Newcastle players ...

Newcastle took the lead in the first half through another stunning strike from Miguel Almiron. And Newcastle were able to see the 1-0 win out in the second half to continue their fine start to the Premier League season. Newcastle United player ratings gallery: 8/10 ‘oozing with confidence’ and a ‘shaky’ 6/10 in win over Everton