Everton swept into the League Cup quarter-finals with a 3-1 win against Newcastle on Thursday as they booked a clash against giant-killers Fleetwood.\n<\/p>\n
David Moyes\u2019s side took the lead through James Garner\u2019s first-half goal at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.\n<\/p>\n
Hayden Hackney doubled the lead with his first goal since his close-season move from Middlesbrough.\n<\/p>\n
Everton striker Thierno Barry netted in the second half and Dan Burn\u2019s reply for Newcastle came far too late to stop the Toffees ending their three-match winless run.<\/p>\n
Chasing their first League Cup final appearance in 43 years, Everton will travel to fourth-tier minnows Fleetwood in the week commencing December 14.\n<\/p>\n
The \u2018Cod Army\u2019 caused one of the biggest shocks in League Cup history on Tuesday when they beat Premier League champions Arsenal in a penalty shoot-out after a 1-1 draw at Highbury.\n<\/p>\n
Everton have never won the League Cup, losing their two final appearances in 1977 and 1984.<\/p>\n
Everton fans do not need reminding that it is 31 years since the club won the FA Cup in their most recent trophy triumph.<\/p>\n
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, a noted Everton fan, is old enough to remember that success and he was cheering from the stands as Moyes\u2019s men made light work of their last-16 tie.\n<\/p>\n
Newcastle will have the chance for revenge when the sides meet again in the Premier League at St James\u2019 Park on Monday.\n<\/p>\n
Everton dropped a pre-match bombshell, saying Jack Grealish was unavailable for selection \u201cdue to a breach of club discipline\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
Grealish, beset by criticism of his behaviour off the pitch, was reported to have taken an unauthorised absence from training.\n<\/p>\n
But the on-loan Manchester City winger\u2019s absence was no problem for his team-mates. <\/p>\n
\u2013 Everton hit their stride \u2013<\/p>\n
Newcastle tested Jordan Pickford early on when Joe Willock\u2019s low drive was palmed away by the Everton goalkeeper, who repelled Fabian Schar\u2019s long-range strike moments later.\n<\/p>\n
Garner steadied Everton\u2019s nerves with a clinical opener in the 34th minute.\n<\/p>\n
Hackney teed up Garner just inside the area and the midfielder stretched to guide a fine finish into the far corner for his first goal since January.\n<\/p>\n
Everton had hit their stride and Hackney struck on the stroke of half-time.\n<\/p>\n
At the climax of a blistering Everton counter-attack, Barry hooked a cross into the six-yard box and Hackney timed his run perfectly to volley past Lukas Hornicek.\n<\/p>\n
Frustrated Newcastle boss Matthias Jaissle sent on Joelinton, Anthony Elanga and Yoane Wissa at the interval.\n<\/p>\n
Wissa had an immediate chance after sprinting onto Willock\u2019s pass, but he misjudged the high bounce and ended up heading straight at Pickford.<\/p>\n
It was a costly miss as Barry put the result beyond doubt in the 69th minute.\n<\/p>\n
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall provided the cross and Barry lashed home from close range for his seventh goal this season.\n<\/p>\n
Burn scored with a header from Willock\u2019s 88th-minute cross, sparking a brawl between several players.\n<\/p>\n
But Newcastle\u2019s brief show of defiance was too little, too late as Everton moved a step closer to Wembley.\n<\/p>\n
AFP\n <\/p>\n
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