Newcastle United started to move for a big week to sixth place in the Premier League as a second half strike by Bruno Guimaraes was enough for the victory at West Ham.
The side of Eddie Howe has the Carabao Cup final on the horizon and is now right on points with Manchester City and well placed for a new tilt in the Champions League after a much needed victory on the road.
West Ham saw Tomas Soucek Blaze a big chance in just 46 seconds in the game, because Newcastle had their part of the defensive tickles.
But after that Miss de Magpies were the better side and Harvey Barnes was well refused twice by Alphonse Areola before the break.
Barnes has had an opportunity to the left of the Newcastle attack with Anthony Gordon who started a ban of three games and the former Leicester man was a constant threat.
First his shot from Kieran Trippier’s pass was eroded before the French keeper saved a fine from an near-post header.
Neither of the two parties could find it in the first half, but the breakthrough came when Guimaraes was in a Barnes cross to set the Magpies on the way to three points.
West Ham has to win another match in the Premier League after admitting and despite seeing a lot of the ball and sending Evan Ferguson, Danny ings, Lucas Paqueta and Carlos Soler, they couldn’t really test Nick Pope.
Mohammed Kudus, the bright light for the hosts, saw a powerful shot charged at the last moments, but they looked blunt.
Nedereer leaves the Hammers 16th in the table but they have a more than healthy 16-point pillow over the unfortunate lower three.
A highlight for the home crowd was to have Mikhail Antonio for the first time since a car accident last year in the stadium in the stadium, and he was introduced in emotional scenes before the competition before the competition.
With 68 goals, he is the top scorer of West Ham of all time and supporters welcomed him on the field with a huge banner that existed a large part of the lower layer behind one goal, with the text “Mikhail Antonio-our number 9.”
Newcastle, on the other hand, can concentrate on a final performance of the League Cup in three years against Liverpool.
Can they finally put an end to that 70 years of waiting for a domestic trophy?
