Michael Owen came off the bench to inspire Newcastle to victory over Everton.

The 27-year-old confirmed his fitness for England's Euro 2008 qualifiers against Estonia and Russia with a goal just nine days after undergoing hernia surgery.

Owen struck with a header in the final minute of the game after Emre had smashed home a long-range piledriver to seal a game the Magpies might have had wrapped up by half-time.

Nicky Butt had fired the home side in front three minutes before the break after seeing his team-mates pass up a series of opportunities, but Andrew Johnson came off the bench after the break and levelled within eight minutes.

Goalkeeper Shay Given's afternoon was ruined in injury-time when he could only help Mikel Artetas deflected shot into his own net, but the bulk of a crowd of 50,152 went home happy with the late show they had witnessed.