Newcastle 0 – 2 West Ham

West Ham produced the proper away efficiency as objectives from Tomas Soucek and Aaron Wan-Bissaka secured a 2-0 victory over Newcastle to ease the stress on head coach Julen Lopetegui.

It’s a win that Lopetegui will hope kickstarts his Hammers reign, having warned his facet couldn’t use a congested fixture schedule as an excuse for failing to ignite their season.

“We played with an identity, and were able to overcome a very good team in a difficult stadium,” mentioned Lopetegui.

“We’re happy for the players, the team and most of all the fans, because more than 3,000 came here and have to go a lot of miles home. Now we look forward to the next challenge.”

The Irons headed to Newcastle for Monday Night time Soccer having misplaced two of their final 4 Premier League video games. The highlight was firmly on Spanish coach Lopetegui and the path of his staff – with house followers having vented their frustrations on the again of a irritating goalless draw towards Everton earlier than the worldwide break.

Lopetegui, who took over from David Moyes in the summertime, continues to close out all of the noise, and all through the encounter on Tyneside his gamers confirmed their greatest face.

Soucek’s well-placed header after 10 minutes was protected at giant by Lukasz Fabianski between the posts on the different finish, with the veteran goalkeeper denying Anthony Gordon from point-blank vary.

Newcastle – who drop a spot to tenth on purpose distinction – had began nicely, denied the opener when Alexander Isak was fractionally dominated offside earlier than producing a composed end. The Sweden worldwide then blasted huge, whereas Gordon flashed one other alternative astray after the restart when fed by substitute Harvey Barnes.

It will show a expensive miss as, simply two minutes later, Wan-Bissaka collected Jarrod Bowen’s go inside to arrow his low shot past Nick Pope through the far publish.

A resurgent Arsenal are the subsequent guests to the London Stadium on November 30, which is swiftly adopted by a midweek journey to Leicester after which successive Monday evening fixtures towards Wolves and at Bournemouth. Together with his facet now six factors away from the relegation zone, Lopetegui will hope that is simply the beginning of higher issues to return.

“I don’t talk about [Europe], only about what we have to do today,” the West Ham boss added. “Tomorrow we’re looking at the next challenge and going step-by-step. Not thinking about the long future, it doesn’t help.

“West Ham must be a superb staff. We’re going to have the ability to do good issues, however our massive problem is to be a superb staff, a powerful staff.”

Carragher: Huge consequence for Lopetegui

Sky Sports activities’ Jamie Carragher talking on Monday Night time Soccer:

“It’s a brilliant result for West Ham – but for any team going away to Newcastle on a Monday night, you know how tough it’s going to be.

“That may be a tricky recreation for Man Metropolis and for Liverpool. The chances have been stacked towards them to win this recreation, however they’ve received it.

“They’ve now got to use this as a springboard going forward. It’s more important for the manager than for West Ham.

“There isn’t any doubt had they misplaced after which once more towards Arsenal, they’d have been nearer to the underside three.

“There’s no doubt about it, the situation with the crowd and the owners, it would have got very twitchy for the manager.”

West Ham deadly with Paqueta patrolling midfield

Sky Sports activities’ Ben Grounds:

Disaster? What disaster? That is what West Ham followers have been crying out for this season: a staff filled with combat, grit and a leading edge going ahead.

Soucek and Wan-Bissaka mixed to burst Newcastle’s bubble handy Lopetegui respiratory house with a priceless Premier League away win.

Eddie Howe’s males have been culpable for each objectives, but in addition responsible of not utilizing the wealth of possession they loved successfully sufficient on an evening when possibilities went begging and with it their hopes of climbing into the highest six.

Against this, the guests have been deadly on the break and produced probably the most fluent passages of play.

Joe Willock whipped a shot simply huge of Fabianski’s left publish however, with Carlos Soler linking nicely with player-of-the-match Lucas Paqueta within the centre of midfield and Bowen and Crysencio Summerville taking a direct strategy from the flanks, the Hammers have been a continuing menace on the counter.

The hosts have been in disarray on the again and it took a sequence of blocks and Pope’s saves from Soucek and Soler to protect their hopes of a fightback.

Howe mentioned: “The last half an hour I didn’t like, we lost our way a bit and were a bit too desperate to score. We made some bad decisions with the ball, and it’s a game we’ll rue when we watch it back.

“For each objectives, we’ll know we made particular person errors. You’ll be able to’t give a participant the standard of Soucek’s aerial skill that house within the field. It is disappointing from our perspective, having began the sport so nicely and put them beneath intense stress, after which the second purpose is simply too straightforward. It is uncharacteristic from us, as a result of we have defended so nicely in current weeks.”

Callum Wilson’s penalty appeals, to his astonishment, were waved away on his first appearance of the season following a clumsy challenge by fellow substitute Konstantinos Mavropanos. It was the slice of good fortune West Ham’s performance deserved.

Bowen: Big turning point in our season

West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen chatting with Sky Sports activities:

“I said we needed a performance and we did that. Newcastle always score at home so to keep a clean sheet and score twice, it’s a tough place to come to.

“We did that completely. You all the time play to win the video games. It was right down to us to get the second purpose, if you happen to decide on a lead it may come again to hang-out you.

“That was the level it takes to play for this club. The desire, work rate and quality shown from everyone. It is important that we rest up. It’s a massive game on Saturday [vs Arsenal].

“They’re a high, high facet. We are able to take lots from this recreation. The group we now have had are so good. There’s a actual togetherness however typically you possibly can fall off with new gamers.

“It’s down to me to show what it means to play for this club. Every one understood the assignment. We have been disappointed with our standards this season but that was more like it.

“We must be pushing for European soccer each season.”

Why West Ham love Mondays – Opta stats

• West Ham have received eight of their final 9 Premier League video games on a Monday, with the one exception on this sequence being 3-1 loss at Arsenal on Boxing Day 2022.
• Newcastle have misplaced two of their final three Premier League house video games (W1), as many defeats as of their earlier 20 league matches at St James’ Park (W13 D5).
• Since making his Premier League debut (01-02-2020), solely Jarrod Bowen (46) and Michail Antonio (41) have scored extra top-flight objectives for West Ham than Tomas Soucek (30). In the meantime, solely Gabriel Magalhaes (16) and James Ward-Prowse (15) have scored extra objectives from set items (excl. penalties) than the Czech midfielder (14) throughout this era.
• Jarrod Bowen’s help for Aaron Wan-Bissaka was his 79th Premier League purpose involvement for West Ham (46 objectives, 33 assists), overtaking Paolo Di Canio (78). Certainly, solely Michail Antonio (101) and Mark Noble (82) have extra objectives and assists mixed for the Hammers within the competitors than Bowen.

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