Julen Lopetegui can't resist joke as West Ham boss responds to being suspended

Tomas Soucek and Aaron Wan-Bissaka scored the goals arsenic the under-fire Hammers brag was handed a reprieve with a 2-0 triumph implicit dismal Newcastle connected Monday night

Julen Lopetegui insisted West Ham players are warring for him - but helium volition beryllium banned from the touchline against Arsenal aft picking up a 3rd yellowish card.

The West Ham brag acceptable the code connected the touchline with his passionateness play ranting astatine each tackle and determination - and his squad responded with goals from Tomas Soucek and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, his archetypal for the club, successful each half. It was an fantabulous distant triumph and asked if helium felt alleviation astatine winning 3 points Lopetegui joked: “No I consciousness hungry.”

The triumph takes the unit disconnected Lopetegui who was reported to beryllium connected the brink and with 2 games to beryllium helium could crook the play around. The Hammers main said: “We had combat arsenic a team. It was a pugnacious lucifer and we competed. We deserved to win.

“Was determination unit connected me? My beingness is similar this arsenic a coach. We don’t deliberation astir it, conscionable to amended the squad and knowing we person tons to improve, contiguous too, and successful the future. The spot is the squad and we person to support the bully things.

“The lone happening successful our power is to play football, onslaught and support well, and harvester play better. Today we did. We proceed with this mentality. I americium blessed for the players due to the fact that they tin spot we tin bash good arsenic a team. I americium blessed for them. We did good with the shot and showed property successful the atrocious moments. Always I deliberation we tin bash better.”

Asked astir his touchline ban, helium added: “I americium not happy. But much importantly is the players volition beryllium connected the pitch. A triumph is ever important. It shows we tin vie and spot successful ourselves.”

United brag Eddie Howe admitted Newcastle are lacking goals and finishing confidence.

He said: “I americium ever honorable with the players. There was vexation astir the past fractional hour. I truly didn’t similar america successful the past fractional hour. They’ll person a bully thought astir however I feel. It is up determination with the astir frustrating. We conceded 2 disappointing goals. For 60 minutes we were ok. After the 2nd we looked disjointed and mislaid our way.

“We didn’t grip the extremity moments well. We had players retired of position. I americium up beforehand and honest, it was a disappointing past fractional hour.

“You suffer interaction clip during planetary breaks and the players person a antithetic experience,.. Why we should abruptly find it hard I don’t know. It is hard going away, travelling past the absorption backmost connected Newcastle. I expected america to present a amended performance. You person to recognize the intelligence fatigue these players suffer.

“We are not scoring capable with the chances we are creating. It is simply a concern. I can’t accidental thing other. We request to people and consciousness that assurance and belief. I consciousness we are creating though. We are not arsenic fluent arsenic we person been and determination is worldly for america to effort and fix.”

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