Newcastle sweating on trio’s fitness ahead of Everton game

Newcastle boss Matthias Jaissle says Matias Fernandez-Pardo and Lewis Miley remain doubts for the clash with Everton on Monday.

Jaissle was unable to give a firm update on either player but is hopeful they can make enough progress to be involved.

“Sorry, right now I cannot give you an update on them,” he said.

“Hopefully they can make progress in the next days to be able maybe making it in the squad, but right now I cannot update you really.”

Newcastle are looking to bounce back against the Toffees having been beaten by David Moyes’ side on Thursday in the Carabao Cup.

Striker Will Osula is also a doubt for Monday’s clash, however, having been forced off on Thursday with an ankle injury.

Jaissle has called on his side to learn quickly from their recent mistakes, while insisting there have still been signs of progress.

“I think now it’s time to learn fast out of the mistakes we just did and we mentioned,” he said.

“Other phases were already obviously to see that we improved and this is something we can count on, we can build on.

“This is the good part, but football is also in the end about results, so you need to avoid these simple mistakes.”