Former Scotland international Pat Nevin
BBC Radio 5 live at St James' Park

"That was a lovely finish from Perez. He has not done an awful lot today but that was a great goal. Every Everton player is looking at Aiden McGeady and wondering what he is doing there, he has been punished for that mistake."

Listen to second half commentary.

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The bargain of the season so far? He certainly isn't far off.

Ayoze Perez, signed for £1.5m from the Spanish second tier in the summer, has his fifth Premier League goal of the season with a classy finish.

The Newcastle striker keeps his cool as on the edge of the box, cutting inside his man and firing a low shot between the legs of Seamus Coleman and past a wrong-footed Joel Robles.

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Ross Barkley injects immediate impetus into Everton's attack, picking the ball up in his own half, pinning his ears back and sprinting towards the Newcastle goal.

He slips in Arouna Kone down the left-hand channel, who stands the ball up to the back post, where Seamus Coleman can't quite make anything of it.

Dion Dublin
BBC Final Score

"Leicester worked really hard in the game and got the bit of luck they haven't had in the last few games. Hull boss Steve Bruce will be wondering what his side had to do to score because they had chance after chance."

Leaders Shrewsbury and second-placed Wycombe are struggling to be separated. The two sides drew 0-0 in their top-of-the-table clash, meaning they are still level on points with only one goal separating them on goal difference.

But neither Burton or Luton can take advantage. Burton's game at Accrington was postponed, while the Hatters were held 1-1 by Portsmouth.

At the bottom, there were two vital victories for Tranmere and York at the expense of their relegation rivals. Tranmere beat Northampton 2-1 and York cruised to a 3-0 success at Carlisle. There was more misery for bottom club Hartlepool though, as a 2-0 home defeat by Morecambe leaves them eight points adrift.

Dominic:, external Alan Irvine needs to go. Football is dire and he constantly plays Wisdom who is awful!

Matt, Sutton: Villa are useless. Sell the best players quick, make a buck, struggling, yet again. Utter rubbish. I honestly don't know who to point the finger at! We deserve, yet again, to go down. Our saving grace will be 3 teams that are worse.Again!

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And we are back up and running in the day's final Premier League game.

After their stunning comeback at Manchester City, we want to know whether you think Burnley can avoid relegation.

Have your say by voting at the top of this page. The vote will close at 18:00 GMT.

This will be a popular one with the travelling fans.

Ross Barkley, who scored a wonderful goal in Everton's win at St James' Park last season, is coming on.

James McCarthy makes way.

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QPR manager Harry Redknapp was in a jokey mood when asked who he might want to sign in the January transfer window: "Sergio Aguero and three or four others if you'd like to get them here. It's difficult. We're where we expected to be. I'm not disappointed with the points tally. We've done well with we've had. We've got good lads here."

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QPR manager Harry Redknapp, speaking to BBC Sport: "Palace are a decent team. I've seen Palace a number of times this season and I've never seen them play badly. They're a dangerous team. I think it was a fair result. I couldn't honestly say we deserved to win."

Garth Crooks
BBC Final Score

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has complained about the decision not to award his side a penalty at Southampton for a foul on Cesc Fabregas. Here is Garth Crooks' take...

"In my opinion it was a penalty so I think he has a case. I have watched a lot of Chelsea and they get a lot of calls that go their way. They have had a lot of controversy with diving recently. What goes around, comes around. They have to take it."

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Crystal Palace caretaker manager Keith Millen, speaking to BBC Sport: "I've got to give the lads a load of credit for a battling performance. I thought we stood up to QPR fantastically.

"We were all shocked by what happened yesterday but I've seen the lads' resilience and I had no doubt they'd show up. We deserved at least a point.

"If we can continue like that, we'll be OK. We need to score more goals, but if we keep that organisation, we'll be OK."

Asked about his chances of getting the manager's job: "It's really down to the chairman to decide."

Things remain the same at the top of League One as leaders Bristol City and second-placed Swindon earn wins against Gillingham and Port Vale respectively.

Third-placed Preston fall further behind the pair as they can only manage a 1-1 draw at lowly Crewe. Mid-table Walsall cause the shock of the day by thumping fourth-placed MK Dons in a 3-0 away win, while there were also victories for Bradford and Fleetwood.

Leaders Bournemouth move four points clear at the top after a 2-0 win at Millwall. Middlesbrough edge up to third with a point at Blackburn, while Watford join them in the play-off positions with a thumping 4-2 victory at Cardiff.

Steve Clarke earns his first win as Reading boss in a 2-1 home success over Norwich, with Huddersfield also climbing further away from the drop-zone with a late 2-1 win against in-form Bolton.

Blackpool grab a 1-1 against Rotherham thanks to teenage substitute Dom Telford's first Football League goal, but the Tangerines are still nine points adrift of safety. Wolves go up to eighth with a 2-1 home triumph against Brentford, who remain sixth after their second straight defeat.

Giles Pearman:, external Perhaps City's legion of talented fancy foreigners need bolstering with some plain English stubbornness.

Karl Cobane:, external The result isn't the disappointing thing, the attitude is. That was a spineless, embarrassing, pathetic second half.

Jay:, external What will Manchester City do when Toure leaves for a month?

Garth Crooks
BBC Final Score

"I saw more today why City won't retain the championship than any other thing this season. City monumentally blew it today, especially after Chelsea drew at Southampton. Burnley played like giants but City were a whimper."

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Compare and contrast.

To the left is the average touch map for Newcastle with only Fabricio Coloccini (number 2) and Mike Williamson (6) inside the Magpies' defensive half.

To the right is Everton's with only Samuel Eto'o (5) and Arouna Kone (9) getting into the attacking half.

They who dare win? It didn't work out like that in the Tyne-Wear derby for Newcastle. We shall see.