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Newcastle put West Ham getting ready to Premier League relegation with a 3-1 win at St James’ Park.
The hosts made a quick and aggressive begin, pinning West Ham again with slick passing and fixed stress in huge areas.
Harvey Barnes was central to Newcastle’s attacking menace and helped create the opener after quarter-hour, successful possession earlier than bursting down the appropriate flank and choosing out Nick Woltemade contained in the field.
The German midfielder stepped away from his marker and calmly side-footed residence from shut vary for his first aim since Christmas.
Simply 4 minutes later, Newcastle doubled their benefit with a wonderful flowing transfer that reduce straight via the West Ham defence.
A sequence of one-touch passes ended with Jacob Ramsey slipping William Osula into the world, and the striker completed via Mads Hermansen’s legs to make it 2-0.
West Ham seemed rattled by the quickfire objectives and reacted with an early tactical reshuffle, sacrificing Jean-Clair Todibo for striker Valentin Castellanos halfway via the primary half.
The substitution improved the guests instantly, with Castellanos injecting vitality into the assault and forcing Nick Pope into an excellent double save alongside Malick Diouf shortly earlier than the half-hour mark.
Magpies energy on
Regardless of that enchancment, Newcastle remained harmful all through the second half. Lewis Corridor and Bruno Guimaraes each went shut shortly after the restart, whereas Osula continued to hassle West Ham’s again line along with his motion and bodily presence.
The sport was successfully completed within the sixty fifth minute when Osula grabbed his second aim of the afternoon. Joe Willock capitalised on sloppy defending earlier than racing into house down the appropriate and squaring for the unmarked striker, who slotted residence comfortably from inside the world to place Newcastle 3-0 forward.
Castellanos grabs comfort
West Ham did handle a spectacular comfort aim 4 minutes later. Hermansen launched a protracted ball ahead that bounced into Newcastle territory, and Castellanos produced an excellent first-time half-volley from round 25 yards that flew over Pope and into the web. The strike drew applause even from sections of the house assist.
The guests pushed for an additional aim late on, with Castellanos putting the woodwork with an excellent improvised volley and Pope making additional saves to disclaim each the Argentine and Callum Wilson.
Nonetheless, Newcastle comfortably noticed out the closing phases to safe the win.
