Newcastle player makes interesting video referee admission after Everton penalty incident

This time, however, there seems to be a real difference of opinion about whether the decision was justified or not.

Dan Burn, the man who made the tackle that caused so much uproar at Goodison Park, has since broken his silence on the matter.

Dan Burn reacts to the Dominic Calvert-Lewin penalty incident

Speaking after the game, in which he was at the forefront as his alleged foul on Dominic Calvert-Lewin was the main focus of the second half, Burns' comments were highly anticipated.

Eventually, the towering defender found himself on the wrong side of Everton's number nine and was forced to throw his body awkwardly between man and ball to prevent a certain goal.

Many will debate whether that means Calvert-Lewin kicked Burn instead, but the fact is that he should have made such a swing if the defender hadn't been there or simply been in the right position to do so to prevent the chance – panting attempt to win the ball.

He was very lucky to get away scot-free and reflecting on the incident, he admitted to Sky Sports: “I think it was probably one of those that if the referee gives it it's probably not going to be overturned.” I felt like Dominic kicked me but I didn't reciprocate.'

Seamus Coleman confronted referee Craig Pawson at full time to question this decision.

Everton takes advantage of their luck and gets a draw against Newcastle United

Ahead of last night's game, it was always going to be difficult for the hosts to win, despite the Magpies traveling to Merseyside without Callum Wilson or Alexander Isak.

Finally, Everton coach Sean Dyche also had to cope with a few absences as he was missing Vitaliy Mykolenko and Jarrad Branthwaite, two regular players in his preferred defensive line, due to injuries.

With James Garner at makeshift right-back and Ashley Young reassigned at left-back, there were legitimate fears that Harvey Barnes and Anthony Gordon would face them for 90 minutes.

In the end both performed admirably, although the Toffees were unlucky at times.

It helped that James Tarkowski's moment of brainlessness as he tackled Sandro Tonali to the ground was saved by Jordan Pickford's heroics in the penalty shootout.

But otherwise Gordon saw another one-on-one draw collapse, while Bruno Guimaraes also fired a fine left-footed chance well over goal.

Dyche will be very happy with the result but the performance was nowhere near what he would have liked with so much of the season still to play.

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