Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti refuses to confirm if under-fire Jordan Pickford will start vs Newcastle after goalkeeper’s latest error in Leicester draw

Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti has refused to confirm whether or not Jordan Pickford will retain his starting place against Newcastle on Saturday.

The England goalkeeper was at fault for Youri Tielemans’ equalising goal in Everton’s 1-1 draw with Leicester earlier this week.

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Pickford has committed six errors leading to goals in the Premier League since the start of last season with Robin Olsen, who is on loan from Roma, now breathing down his neck at Goodison Park.

Asked whether Pickford would start when Everton host Newcastle, LIVE on talkSPORT from 12.30pm, Ancelotti said: "I don't know. I have to think about this.

"I am not in the habit of giving the line-up during the press conference. He did a mistake and I think that we can say this, but this doesn't change for me or his teammates the confidence we have.

"He did fantastic saves in the past, and if the team is solid it is solid because Pickford was better than in the period before.

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"There is absolutely no problem or doubt in his quality or his motivation. Pickford didn't play against Newcastle for normal rotation.

"I am used to doing this in this period as we have a lot of games. We have to play tomorrow, Wednesday, next weekend.

"We are going to have a lot of games and Jordan will be rotated like the other players.

"I think there is good competition there and the signing of Olsen helped him to be more motivated but also with less pressure."