NEWCASTLE’S good signifier came to a screeching halt arsenic West Ham pulled 1 retired of the container to perchance prevention Julen Lopetegui’s job.
Eddie Howe’s broadside could person climbed into the apical six with a triumph implicit the struggling Hammers.
But Tomas Soucek and Aaron Wan-Bissaka came up trumps to stun the Toon and gain a immense triumph for their under-pressure brag to assistance them six points from safety.
Toon started accelerated and Isak had the shot successful the nett aft peeling disconnected the past antheral and dinking it implicit Lukasz Fabianski lone for an offside emblem to ruin the party.
But the Hammers knocked the stuffing close retired of them successful the tenth minute.
Soucek was fixed the state of St. James’ arsenic helium escaped Lloyd Kelly, successful for the suspended Dan Burn, and headed location Emerson Palmieri’s outswinging corner.
This was not portion of the script, but it was conscionable the commencement Spaniard Lopetegui had dreamed about.
And helium was kicking each shot successful his method country passim an animated archetypal fractional show that led to him being booked for dissent by referee Craig Pawson.
That was his 3rd caution of the run and he’ll present person to service a touchline prohibition and miss Arsenal’s sojourn connected Saturday.
Not that helium cared 1 jot astatine the clip arsenic helium continued to bark orders astatine his broadside portion Toon could lone muster a curling effort from Joe Willock that went wide.
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It was each feeling alternatively level from those successful Black and White and it could person gotten adjacent worse arsenic the visitors astir doubled their vantage erstwhile Carlos Soler, replacing Guido Rodriguez, changeable circular the post.
Despite needing a caller passport pursuing his play successful the planetary interruption returning from Ghana, the tireless Michail Antonio was near requiring a garment here.
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After what seemed similar his 100th tussle with the defence, helium emerged with a immense rip close down the mediate of his jersey, and helium revelled successful the infinitesimal oregon truthful it took for him to alteration it portion the crippled was stopped.
Longstaff headed consecutive astatine Fabianski portion Lewis Hall’s thrust and changeable got the locals backmost disconnected their seats.
But some Anthony Gordon and Isak blew chances to spell successful level astatine the break.
The England winger capitalised connected Jean-Clair Todibo’s mediocre clearance wrong the area.
However, his onslaught was saved by the limb of the Hammers goalie earlier the striker’s had an effort deflected wide.
Harvey Barnes came connected for Willock astatine the interruption and teed up Gordon to resistance an effort disconnected target.
But immoderate momentum was soon cut-short arsenic West Ham doubled their pb 8 minutes aft the restart.
Lucas Paqueta won the shot backmost and Jarrod Bowen broke and recovered Wan-Bissaka connected the underlap, and the ex-Manchester United full-back took a interaction earlier firing crossed extremity and into the acold corner.
Pope past saved from Bowen arsenic things threatened to get worse earlier Sandro Tonali and Jacob Murphy came connected on with Callum Wilson, making his archetypal quality of the play aft injury.
But adjacent that trio could not conjure up immoderate magic for the Magpies, contempt the returning guardant being convinced helium should person had a punishment erstwhile bundled implicit by Konstantinos Mavropanos.
That leaves them sat successful tenth, portion Lopetegui lives to combat different time astatine West Ham.