Everton: Turner, Wynne, Naysmith,Boyle, Hughes, Harris, Seargant, Li Tie, Anichebe, Vidarrson, Wilson

Bench: Wright, Ruddy, Holt, Phelan, Kissock (Li Tie)

Scorers: Anichebe (2)

Victor Anichebe scored a brace last night as the Skunks fought back from a two goal deficit to scramble a draw in a cold North East. It was a heart ache night for Andy Holden's young team as Newcastle grabbed a share of the spoils right on the final whistle.

The plus point on the night was another accomplished performance by the returning Gary Naysmith, but unfortunately Chinese International Li Tie's injury nightmare continues when he was withdrawn after fifteen minutes when it become clear he could not carry on after a nasty challenge on him.

The evening belonged to young Victor Anichebe, who if he carries on this type of form, will be knocking on Moyesy's door before too long. (24/01/06)

Andy Holden on Victor Anichebe says: "He took his goals very well, I was pleased with both of them. More so the first one because that’s what we’ve been working on in training - turning defenders and getting shots in. He’s only 17-years old and he’s scored two goals for us on the night, which is great.

I said afterwards that we didn’t deserve to be pulled back but I always felt that we needed a third goal just to kill the game off. We conceded the first goal right after scoring and then we conceded again right on full-time. We just showed a bit of inexperience in not being able to kill the game off and keep the ball in the last third of the field but hopefully one or two of them will learn from it. But it was a good point and if we had got that third goal we would have relaxed a bit and played a bit of football." (24/01/06)

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