Newcastle United qualified for the UEFA Champions League, despite a 1-0 defeat at home to Everton on a dramatic final day of the Premier League season.
2024/2025 Premier League
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Match Report
50,000 Newcastle fans at St James' Park may each go and deliver a hand-written letter to Ruben Amorim before they head home tonight.
For it was Manchester United's 2-0 win over Aston Villa that secured the Magpies Champions League football, despite them losing 1-0 to Everton today.
Newcastle will play in Europe's elite club competition next season, as their goal difference was enough to secure them a fifth-place finish in the Premier League.
Carlos Alcaraz's 65th-minute winner had Eddie Howe's staring down the barrel of Europa League football for the better part of 20 minutes, before Amad Diallo opened the scoring at Old Trafford.
Christian Eriksen added a second, which consigned Villa to defeat and a spot in the Europa League next season.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - WE ARE BACK!pic.twitter.com/yoLutPa4Rg
— Newcastle United (@NUFC) May 25, 2025
Data Debrief: Three is the magic number for the Toffees
Despite ending a Premier League campaign with back-to-back defeats for the first time since 2011-12, it proved academic for Newcastle, as they just about held on to fifth place.
Meanwhile, Everton have concluded a Premier League season with three successive victories for the very first time.
Only three sides have won more points than the Toffees since January 19 (31), when they claimed their first win after Moyes' return to the club.
As well as victory, Jordan Pickford registered his 12th clean sheet of the season; a tally only bettered by David Raya and Mats Selz (13 each).
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Line-ups
Newcastle XI: Schar, Burn, Pope, J.Murphy, Guimaraes, Isak, Barnes, Tonali, Gordon, Tino Livramento, Sven Botman
Subs: Dubravka, Callum Wilson, Trippier, Krafth, Lascelles, Sean Longstaff, Willock, William Osula, Lewis Miley
Everton XI: Young, Gueye, Pickford, Keane, Jack Harrison, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Garner, Beto, Iliman Ndiaye, Carlos Alcaraz, Jake O'Brien
Subs: Asmir Begovic, Doucoure, Calvert-Lewin, João Virgínia, McNeil, Armando Broja, Nathan Patterson, Reece Welch, Chermiti