Everton Defeats Newcastle While Dropping Jack Grealish Over Discipline

Everton defeated Newcastle United 3-1 at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Thursday to reach the Carabao Cup quarter-finals while playing without Jack Grealish.

James Garner, Hayden Hackney and Thierno Barry scored the goals for the hosts before Dan Burn netted a late consolation for Newcastle in the 89th minute.

The victory sets up a quarter-final tie against League Two side Fleetwood Town in December, giving Everton a strong opportunity to reach a first cup semi-final since 2016.

Manager David Moyes confirmed the club omitted Grealish due to a breach of club discipline following an unauthorised absence from training.

"You probably know I'm not going to give any details," said David Moyes, the Everton manager, after the match.

"It's a club decision, it's something I don't want to speak too much about."

According to reports, Grealish missed training on Monday without permission after previously sitting out a weekend defeat at Arsenal due to illness.

The 31-year-old England winger is on a season-long loan from Manchester City, where he is in the final year of his contract.

Everton took the lead in the 34th minute when Garner curled a low shot into the bottom corner following defensive pressure from Tyrique George.

Hackney doubled the lead on the stroke of half-time by guiding home a cross from Barry for his first goal for the club.

Barry added a third goal on 69 minutes by finishing a counter-attack after receiving a pass from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.

Newcastle head coach Matthias Jaissle called on his young squad to show greater maturity after the defeat.

"We lack in the clinical approach to solve the situations; just think about the first one," said Matthias Jaissle, the Newcastle head coach.

Burn headed in a late goal for the visitors, and players from both teams were booked for pushing and shoving after the score.

Everton returns to Premier League action on Monday with a match against Newcastle at St James' Park.