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Everton manager Roberto Martinez is waiting on news of striker Romelu Lukaku after he had to be substituted in their 3-0 win over Newcastle on Wednesday night.The Belgium international got a knee in the back from Magpies defender Fabricio Coloccini just nine minutes into the match at Goodison Park and was eventually replaced at half-time.Lukaku could not walk after the game and is now a major doubt to face Stoke in the Premier League on Saturday, with Martinez confirming he will be assessed by the clubs medical staff ahead of the trip to the Britannia Stadium. It was a very sore one. He stayed on the pitch for a period and found it really tough to open his legs, Martinez told Sky Sports.He had a knee right in the middle of his back and probably had a neurological reaction and found it really difficult to be able to walk. Roberto Martinez hopes to have John Stones fit again next week Well assess him. Obviously weve got a game around the corner against Stoke and well see if he can recover for that game.It was impossible for him to carry on.Martinez insisted the hamstring injury which kept John Stones out of the match is not serious, though.The England defender was a surprise omission and Everton boss Martinez revealed he had undergone a scan during the week.Stones also missed Sundays FA Cup win over Carlisle, but could be in contention for a return to the side for the trip to Stoke. Aaron Lennon says the Everton players hard work in training paid off in their 3-0 win over Newcastle John had a little bit of a niggle in his hamstring, added Martinez.We scanned it yesterday and its nothing serious, but its one of those feelings you get when you play a lot of games and a lot of minutes.John has had a very intense period, but I dont think hes going to be out too long. 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Tuesdays surgery at Atlantas Piedmont Hospital was performed by Dr. Xavier Duralde and Hawks team physician Dr. Michael Bernot.CONCORD, N.C. -- So many drivers would have loved to have had?Jimmie Johnsons problems this summer.A losing streak? Didnt he win two races earlier in the year? Doesnt he have 77 for his Sprint Cup career? Oh, and there are those six Sprint Cup championship trophies. So what is there to complain about?But Johnson, when asked about having a win fall out of his grasp a week ago at Dover thanks to a pit road penalty, didnt hesitate to react to the fact that his career-long winless streak had stretched to 24 races.Its been a long summer, theres no doubt, Johnson said after Dover. Leading laps [in recent weeks] certainly helps and takes the sting off of the long summer, but Id really like to get to Victory Lane soon.Soon ended up being seven days, as Johnson captured the Bank of America 500, a race rescheduled thanks to Hurricane Matthew from Saturday night to a Johnson-favorable day race Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.Johnsons victory was a relief to not only himself but the entire Hendrick organization. No Hendrick driver had won a race since Johnson won his second of the season March 20 at Auto Club Speedway in California in the fifth race of 2016. Even for a driver with six big trophies and millions in winnings, the losing stunk.He could have looked at his six Cup trophies and relish in the years when he dominated, the years when he was the driver to beat, instead of the quintet of Toyotas from Joe Gibbs Racing and Furniture Row Racing. Instead, he grew quiet, as he often does when frustrated, and the last win seemed like an eternity ago.The past is the past, Johnson said. You know, Ive always raced for the experience Ive had in the car. It hasnt been about stats or the previous trophies that Ive won or whats really ahead of me.Theres an experience that I have in the car that I chase and I love: the community thats created on a race team, the bond and friendship that you have.In the first 21 races after that California win, Johnson had led just 95 laps, posted a meager seven top-10 finishes and had an average finish of 17.4. In the past three events, he has led 363 laps -- including 155 in Sundays victory.In some ways, it would seem silly to fret over that slump. He had made NASCARs version of the playoffs. He had two wins this year. Only eight drivers can say they have had that many.Its easy to get down and out, Johnson said. Youre only as good as your last race, and this summer was really hard on us.Its not like his Hendrick Motorsports teammates were winning. Chase Elliott came close a couple of times.?Kasey Kahne was completely out to lunch until rattling off five top-10 finishes in the last six races. The No. 88 car -- the one that shares shop space with Johnson -- has had three drivers, as Dale Earnhardt Jr. is out with a concussion.Four-time Cup champion Jeff Gordon and young driver Alex Bowman have shared driving duties for Earnhardt, and Gordon being in the car played a critical role in Johnsons victory on Sunday. His feedback helped the organization look at some of its issues in a different way, and the team has debuted some new cars in the past month that have implemented those suggestions.Having Jeff Gordon in the car has really opened up our eyes to a different side of Jeff thats helped us, said crew chief Chad Knaus, who didnt work as closely with Gordon when Gordon drove the No. 24 car, which is housed with the No. 5 car at the HMS complex. Jeff gives great feedbback, as does Alex, and its been interesting to hear what they say.dddddddddddd.Its kind of like when you hear the same thing over and over and over again, but then somebody else tells you the same thing, your ears kind of perk up a little bit.Charlotte was a natural place for Johnson to snap his skid. He broke a 19-race winless streak at the track in 2003. His eight wins at the 1.5-mile track are more than any driver, but five of those victories came in a six-race stretch from 2003-05.A driver never forgets how to win. A driver such as Johnson knows the sport can be cruel, and in some ways, it has been in recent years. He had not advanced to the semifinal round of the new elimination-style Chase for the Sprint Cup in its first?two seasons.That all changed Sunday as a byproduct of Johnson snapping the winless streak. His quest to tie Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty with seven career titles just turned into a serious possibility.Johnson has said he doesnt know how to manage this Chase. In the past, he just had to have the best 10-race stretch, and Johnson had mastered that on tracks that seemed to bring out the best in him. His titles, especially the five consecutive from 2006-2010, were an amazing feat of having to run great for so long and so consistent.Now, the Chase rewards one-day wonders or three-race streaks. Not until the final four events does a driver have to match what Johnson used to do over 10 races to win the title.Johnson knows what a car should feel like for him to have that type of performance.I dont have to scare myself to put up a good lap time [now], Johnson said. I can drive a good, smooth, consistent lap. ... If I do need to go out there and scare myself and pull away from the 20 [of?Matt Kenseth] or pull away from the 11 [of Denny Hamlin], I can do it and get rewarded for it.Johnson earned the biggest reward on Sunday. He was followed by fellow Chase driver?Kenseth?and then three non-Chase drivers -- Kahne, Ryan Newman and Kyle Larson. Several Chase drivers had issues, with five of them -- Hamlin (30th), Austin Dillon (32nd), Elliott (33rd), Joey Logano (36th), Kevin Harvick (38th) -- now in a potential battle to avoid being among the four eliminated in two more races.Six-Time Johnson has no worries, and all he needs is four races like his championship runs of his prime and he will hoist a seventh title trophy. Even during those stretches of Johnson mastery, team owner Rick Hendrick didnt partake in the Victory Lane celebration shower.But there he was Sunday. Apparently snapping a 24-race winless streak is truly a special occasion.Ive never taken the champagne bath in 30-something years, Hendrick said. So it was like our first race again.As many championships as the Hendrick drivers can conquer (Hendrick has won 11 Cup titles), theres something about being down-and-out -- about not performing, about spending millions and millions of dollars and going home without a trophy -- that stings.Johnson talked about it. And Hendrick insinuated it.Nobody has to remind me that we hadnt won a race, Hendrick said. You guys [in the media] remind me of that every weekend, and they do on TV.I think we were washed up and should have quit. But it kind of motivated us, he added. Nobody ever gave up, and you know, we know what a champion Jimmie is. ' ' '