Newcastle vs West Ham LIVE: Premier League final score as struggling Hammers claim shock result
Newcastle 0-2 West Ham: Tomas Soucek and Aaron Wan-Bissaka scored as the Hammers claimed a shock win
West Ham produced their best performance of the season to end Newcastle’s winning run and lift the pressure on manager Julen Lopetegui with a 2-0 win at St James’ Park.
Newcastle had won their last three games in a row and could have gone sixth with another under Eddie Howe, but were stunned by a resilient West Ham side who were clinical when the chances came.
Tomas Soucek was allowed a free header from a corner to give West Ham the lead against the run of play after 10 minutes. Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s first goal for the club doubled their lead after half time.
Newcastle, who saw an early Alexander Isak goal disallowed for offside, were frustrated in their attempts to get back into the game and Anthony Gordon had a close-range shot saved by Lukasz Fabianski.
West Ham remain 14th in the table but their fourth win of the season puts some distance between themselves and the relegation zone Follow all reaction below
NO GOAL! Newcastle 0-0 West Ham
4 mins: Isak races away and chips the ball over Fabianski! It’s a lovely finish, but the flag goes up!
Oh... this is tight! But Isak is offside - Kilman was able to step up just in time to catch Isak offside.
Newcastle 0-0 West Ham
2 mins: An early sighter for Isak! Nice build-up from Newcastle. Livramento plays the striker down the line - Isak takes it early, from a wide angle. He blazes wide with Gordon an option. Quite easy for Newcastle to play through there.
KICK-OFF! Newcastle 0-0 West Ham
Isak gets us underway! This is a big night for Julen Lopetegui.
Newcastle vs West Ham
Quite the reception for Alexander Isak tonight with the Newcastle fans creating a huge display for their star striker at St James’ Park. Isak has goals in his last four games. The players are out and kick-off is next!
Newcastle vs West Ham
Newcastle can leap from 9th to 6th tonight with a win - and they would be just a point behind 3rd place Chelsea with three points. Eddie Howe’s side are growing in momentum.
West Ham ‘have to improve’ - Lopetegui
Julen Lopetegui, speaking to Sky Sports:
“We have to improve a lot of things but we will do it as a team. Newcastle are a very good team with good players.
“Very technically and physically strong. If we want to overcome them, we will have to focus on ourselves.”
‘Massive night for West Ham’ - Jarrod Bowen
West Ham forward Jarrod Bowen, speaking to Sky Sports, ahead of tonight’s match against Newcastle:
“It’s a massive night. We have need reached the standards of previous campaigns.
“It’s been disappointing for us but we are confident and there are lots of opportunities to put things right.
“We are in a results business and results matter. It’s up to us.
“The manager has good ideas with the ball, under the old manager we had a way of playing and were successful but we’ve changed that.
“You have to adapt and find the right balance. It is down to us players to buy into those ideas.”
West Ham could be ‘rolled over’ by Newcastle
Speaking on Sky Sports, Jamie Carragher has predicted that West Ham could be “rolled over” by Newcastle tonight and warned that Julen Lopetegui could face the sack if results don’t improve.
“This is a team that have lost five games by two or more goals. This is not what West Ham fans want,” Carragher said.
“Lopetegui is fortunate that they have not pulled the trigger, if it doesn’t change very quickly, I think there could be a change.
“It’s not an easy game tonight, I could see them getting rolled over.”
Newcastle vs West Ham: Repeat of a classic?
Last season’s meeting between Newcastle and West Ham was one of the games of the season, with Eddie Howe’s team coming from 3-1 down to win 4-3 at St James’ Park.
Key to that comeback was Harvey Barnes, who scored twice from the bench. He has an impressive record against West Ham too.
He’s either scored or assisted in each of his last four against West Ham (4 goals, 1 assist) and has scored in each of the last three.
Newcastle vs West Ham: Team news
One change for Newcastle as Lloyd Kelly replaces the suspended Dan Burn in defence. There’s the same midfield and attack, with Joelinton joining Alexsander Isak and Anthony Gordon.
One change for West Ham too, with Carlos Soler coming into midfield. Michail Antonio keeps his place in attack.
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