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Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has held crisis talks with Kevin Keegan after the club was pitched into a nerve-racking relegation battle.

• Read COLIN YOUNG'S report here

Also: This is the controversial way that Everton's Tim Cahill celebrated scoring at Goodison Park yesterday - in a show of support for his jailed brother.

• Read the report and see the picture here

THE SUN

Rafa Benitez thanked Jussi Jaaskelainen after the keeper's cock-up lifted Liverpool's top-four hopes.

• Read MATT LAWTON'S report here

Also: Kevin Keegan has told Mike Ashley he cannot guarantee Newcastle will beat relegation.

• Owen eyes Anfield return

DAILY MIRROR

Liverpool were laughing all the way back towards the top four yesterday, until Everton joined in on the joke.

Also: Kevin Keegan has been told his job is safe - despite Newcastle plunging towards the relegation zone.

DAILY STAR

Worried owner Mike Ashley has held crisis talks with Kevin Keegan with Newcastle fearing a grim relegation dogfight.

Also: Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez sent another "keep me" message to warring co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.

DAILY EXPRESS

Kevin Keegan has told Newcastle owner Mike Ashley that the club's Premier League safety is now hanging by a thread.

Also: David Moyes has warned neighbours Liverpool that Everton are getting "better and stronger" after Yakubu continued his scoring spree.

• Yak on the rampage - read the report here

THE TIMES

Just days after Steven Gerrard told his team-mates that Champions League qualification would be "the least that is acceptable" at the end of a troubled season at Anfield, Liverpool briefly returned to fourth place in the Barclays Premier League yesterday, only for Everton to supplant them less than three hours later and to give notice to their Merseyside rivals of their intent to stay there.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan held crisis talks with owner Mike Ashley at the weekend and told him he cannot guarantee Premier League football at St James' Park next season.

THE INDEPENDENT

Everton are not short on inspiration in their fight with Liverpool for a Champions League spot, but Tim Cahill revealed that thoughts of his jailed brother had driven him to a match-winning contribution as his side saw off Portsmouth to re-establish their three-point lead over their neighbours.

THE GUARDIAN

Kevin Keegan is understood to have told Mike Ashley, Newcastle United's owner, that he cannot offer him any assurances that the club will avoid relegation from the Premier League this season.