West Ham produced the right 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.
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 residence followers having vented their frustrations on the again of a irritating goalless draw in opposition to 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.
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Soucek heads in West Ham’s first likelihood of the sport to open the scoring at Newcastle
Newcastle – who drop a spot to tenth on aim distinction – had began effectively, 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 off course after the restart when fed by substitute Harvey Barnes.
It could show a pricey 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 following guests to the London Stadium on November 30, which is swiftly adopted by a midweek journey to Leicester after which successive Monday night time fixtures in opposition to 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 come back.
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Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s shot bounced in off the publish to increase West Ham’s lead at Newcastle
Carragher: Huge consequence for Lopetegui
Julen Lopetegui points directions on Tyneside
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 troublesome recreation for Man Metropolis and for Liverpool. The chances have been stacked in opposition to them to win this recreation, however they’ve received it.
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Newcastle’s Bruno Guimaraes finds Alexander Isak within the field however he misses the goal
“They’ve now got to use this as a springboard going forward. It’s more important for the manager than for West Ham.
“There is not any doubt had they misplaced after which once more in opposition to 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
Lucas Paqueta was the standout performer
Sky Sports activities’ Ben Grounds:
Disaster? What disaster? That is what West Ham followers have been crying out for this season: a staff stuffed with battle, grit and a innovative going ahead.
Soucek and Wan-Bissaka mixed to burst Newcastle’s bubble handy Lopetegui respiration house with a priceless Premier League away win.
Eddie Howe’s males have been culpable for each objectives, but additionally responsible of not utilizing the wealth of possession they loved successfully sufficient on an evening when probabilities went begging and with it their hopes of climbing into the highest six.
In contrast, the guests have been deadly on the break and produced essentially the most fluent passages of play.
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Newcastle’s Anthony Gordon jumps on a Jean-Clair Todibo error however fires straight into the arms of Lukasz Fabianski
Joe Willock whipped a shot simply huge of Fabianski’s left publish however, with Carlos Soler linking effectively with player-of-the-match Lucas Paqueta within the centre of midfield and Bowen and Crysencio Summerville taking a direct method 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.
Callum Wilson’s penalty appeals, to his astonishment, have been waved away on his first look of the season following a slipshod problem by fellow substitute Konstantinos Mavropanos. It was the slice of fine fortune West Ham’s efficiency deserved.
Why West Ham love Mondays – Opta stats
Two of Wan-Bissaka’s three Premier League objectives have come in opposition to Newcastle at St James’ Park, whereas this was his first aim within the competitors since netting for Man Utd in opposition to Southampton in February 2021
- 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 residence 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 aim 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.
