Julen Lopetegui pulled back from the brink of sack as near perfect West Ham beat Newcastle

NEWCASTLE 0-2 WEST HAM: Goals from Tomas Soucek and Aaron Wan-Bissaka earned West Ham a good triumph astatine St James' Park connected a nighttime their manager was nether pressure

A reprieve for nether unit Julen Lopetegui aft a adjacent cleanable distant performance. But a large setback for Eddie Howe and Newcastle’s quest to enactment unit connected the apical six.

Goals from Tomas Soucek and Aaron Wan-Bissaka earned the Hammers, and 3,700 travelling fans a Monday nighttime distant triumph - the archetypal connected their travels since August.

After 3 consecutive wins Newcastle wanted to adjacent successful connected the elite but mislaid retired and the planetary interruption has killed their momentum. Pressure was increasing connected Lopetegui earlier this crippled with reports helium had lone 2 games to crook astir a tally of 2 wins successful ten. He’s earned a fewer much successful complaint with this fantabulous result.

St James’ Park nether the lights is nary elemental spot to sojourn but the Hammers stunned Newcastle with an aboriginal extremity successful each half, weathering a Newcastle attacking tempest and exploiting antiaircraft weakness.

The opener came nonstop from a corner. Emerson Palmieri swung successful the acceptable portion which was attacked by Tomas Soucek, and his steadfast header powered beyond Nick Pope. Defender Lloyd Kelly was caught level footed, aft being called successful to regenerate the suspended Dan Burn.

There was a Newcastle fightback hampered by slack finishing, which West Ham exploited aboriginal successful the 2nd half. After Anthony Gordon poked inches wide, Bruno Guimaraes was robbed by his champion mate Lucas Paqueta who powered connected to merchandise Jarrod Bowen connected the close wing.

The England winger slid a clever shot wrong to afloat backmost Aaron Wan-Bissaka. He wasn’t closed down by near sided centre backmost Kelly who failed to get a artifact connected the changeable which crept wrong the acold post.

It was a almighty and combative distant from location show from the Hammers. And it was a disjointed 1 from Newcastle, messy successful beforehand of extremity and suffering from excessively galore successful crippled changes of position.

Toon striker Alexander Isak got the Wor Flags, tifo attraction pre-match with the Leazes End spelling retired his sanction successful Swedish colours and the Gallowgate banner proclaiming him Alexander the Great.

Only a choky VAR offside ruling denied him a extremity wrong 5 minutes earlier the location broadside were rocked by Soucek’s opener.

The visitors grew successful assurance and lone a escaped changeable from Carlos Soler aft Jarrod Bowen’s laic disconnected denied a 2nd goal. Michail Antonio led from the beforehand with immoderate punchy tracking backmost and tackles arsenic good arsenic breaking well. He earned a immense rip successful his shorts which helium had to swap.

Boss Eddie Howe had plentifulness of options disconnected his £100m-plus seat with Callum Wilson and Kieran Trippier acceptable again aft injuries, and Sandro Tonali and Harvey Barnes some hopeless for a relation erstwhile they came connected successful the 2nd half.

Earlier Willock slashed conscionable wide and Sean Longstaff’s header was the Geordies' archetypal effort connected people aft 29 minutes. New England elder headdress Lewis Hall flashed wide aft surging into the box.

Gordon had the champion archetypal fractional accidental erstwhile Jean-Clair Todibo failed to wide 8 yards retired but the changeable was saved. Isak’s fractional volley aft a precision shot from Bruno Guimaraes besides skidded wide, arsenic chances came but were not converted successful a decent forceful spell for Howe’s men.

Newcastle had a Wilson punishment assertion turned down by VAR, arsenic they threw everything astatine getting a extremity back.

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