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Newcastle assistant manager John Carver said manager Alan Pardew was delighted with the 3-2 home win over Everton which ended a run of three consecutive Premier League defeats -- but failed to explain why he did not face the media.. Pardew mysteriously ducked out of the post-match news conference on the same day that bookmakers suspended betting on his appointment as Neil Warnock's replacement at Crystal Palace, after the South London club sacked their manager on Saturday. That decision inevitably sent the rumour mill into overdrive, although neither assistant John Carver nor club officials were able to shed any light on the situation. Asked why Pardew, who has five and a half years remaining on his contract, had not appeared, Carver said: "He just said, 'Will you go and do the press for me?' That was it. I was actually eating a pie at the time. "He is fine, he's delighted. It's a fantastic result for us. We have gone on a run of games where we have not won, we have had a difficult period against good opposition and again another good opposition today. "But we have actually set about them and like I say, take away that five minutes and he has been pleased with the performance. It has probably been one of our best performances in recent times.''
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