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OHHH WHAT A GOAL! Newcastle United 3-1 West Ham United (Pablo 70)<\/p>\n
Now then! Hermansen wellies forward, the ball bounces, eluding defenders as Pablo latches on to it, bounces again, and, from 25 yards out, almost facing the touchline, the West Ham sub hooks a sensational finish over Pope, well off his line as you\u2019d expect him to be, and into the top corner! They couldn\u2019t, could they?<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n 67 min West Ham have put it in today, but they\u2019ve defended so poorly in key moments.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Newcastle United 3-0 West Ham United (Osula 65)<\/p>\n Eddie Howe must be wondering where this football\u2019s been all season. Another lovely, snappy exchange follows Willock sneaking possession by seizing upon a weak throw in, finding Osula infield. The return sets him away down the right, he looks up, punches a square-pass into the middle, and Osula finishes emphatically. If Spurs take a point at Chelsea on Tuesday, the goal-difference means they\u2019ll stay up or, in other words, West Ham are five to down.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.59 EDT<\/p>\n 64 min Changes for West ham. Pablo and Kante on for Soucek and Wan-Bissaka. That\u2019s four strikers on the pitch now.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 62 min Out on the left, Summerville takes a pass from Diouf, bursting between two defenders and into the box, sidewinding as he looks to open a shooting lane. He sways outside then inside, looking to slide his shot between Thiaw\u2019s legs, but clips a bit of ankle and Newcastle clear.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 61 min \u201cHarvey Barnes can emerge from the shadow of Anthony Gordon,\u201d reckons Tony Hughes. \u201cThere were many eyebrows raised when Kompany got the Bayern Munich gig. Perhaps Gordon needs this sort of challenge – like Kompany did – in order to get to that next level.\u201d<\/p>\n I was interested to see Barnes turn down Scotland, and a World Cup trip, to play for England \u2013 he must have a lot of confidence, because I\u2019d have seized the opportunity without having to think much about it at all were I him.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 59 min Soucek shoves Guimaraes over then, as he lays prone, boots him to the body a couple of times. The Newcastle captain loves this every bit as much as you\u2019d expect, bouncing back up for ruckus, and the players are split up before the ref books the West Ham man \u2013 who does well to avoid a sending-off. That was, for mine, a much more serious offence than a ponytail-fondle.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 57 min Immediately, Newcastle move upfield, Hermansen parrying from Barnes then, when they sustain the attack, Guimaraes curls from 25 yards, just over the bar.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 56 min It\u2019s West Ham dominating possession, Newcastle sitting deep, Fernandes playing into Soucek and following the ball, taking the return lay-back and shooting, but straight at and at a decent height for Pope.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 54 min I really like Tonali as a player \u2013 the combination of engine and passing is actually quite rare. I\u2019m not sure he\u2019d work at Arsenal, but if Declan Rice is back to being a six, he\u2019d be a really useful eight, and good for the squad in any event.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 53 min And there it is, Tonali off, Willock on. Will he play at SJP again? My sense is not, because there\u2019ll be a club able to pay the asking price, while Newcastle need a few sales to strengthen.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 52 min Before we can resume, Tonali goes down with cramp and, opn the bench, Willock prepares to come on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 52 min Fernandes carries and finds Diouf, who crosses well to the back post, where Wilson, looking to bag against his former club, opts to take the ball down \u2026 allowing Botman to intercede.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 49 min \u201cI think Anthony Gordon is an oustanding footballer and a huge loss for us, regardless of perceived\/genuine attitude issues,\u201d returns Chris Paraskevas. \u201cA lot of the tactical work he does off the ball can go unnoticed, and he is genuinely lethal in front of goal when in the mood (albeit, via penalties often, which we shouldn\u2019t scoff at).<\/p>\n He\u2019s a unique player and personality. Definitely not Bayern Munich quality but he\u2019ll settle quickly in the Farmersliga and go on to be world class, most likely.<\/p>\n That\u2019s not to say Newcastle fans are sad to see him go at all: there\u2019s a bit of a hard edge\/cynicism to us after the summer saga with The Other Bloke.<\/p>\n However, contrast the shrug of shoulders for Gordon with the love-in for Trippier, who has displayed a consistent attitude and determination during good times and bad. Says it all about their legacies at this club.\u201d<\/p>\n I like Gordon \u2013 you could see he had something when he broke through at Everton \u2013 and I\u2019d never seriously criticise a footballer for thinking themselves better than they are, because it\u2019s an almost essential part of their armoury (and find me a writer of whom that isn\u2019t so). But I don\u2019t especially fancy him in a possession side \u2013 he looks to me like a useful weapon in a counter-attacking team , and a nasty sub against tired legs.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 48 min West Ham totally have the ability to get back into this \u2013 if they score next, you\u2019d almost fancy them. But can they keep the back door shut?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 46 min I missed this at the time, typing, but Osula celebrated his goal with a sparkly glove and Michael Jackson-style dance. Seriously.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 46 min We go again\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Half-time email: \u201cIt seems to me that Nuno doesn\u2019t have to turn on the hairdryer,\u201d writes K\u00e1ri Tulinius. \u201cAll he needs to do is remind them if they manage to avoid relegation at 2-0 down with a game and half left of the season, they\u2019ll be legends.\u201d<\/p>\n The most softly-spoken man around might not even be capable of a hairdryer. I think it\u2019s unlikely, anyroad up, though, because his team played OK in the last 15 minutes of the half, so his job is to help them work out a tactical route back into things.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Half-time entertainment:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The Guardian has kicked off a new chapter in puzzles with the launch of its first daily football game<\/a>, On the ball. It is now live in the app for both iOS and Android \u2026 so what are you waiting for?<\/p>\n Share<\/a>HALF-TIME: Newcastle United 2-0 West Ham United<\/p>\n Eddie Howe\u2019s men are well worth their advantage, but don\u2019t rule West Ham out quite yet.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45+3 min West Ham have looked better since changing formation \u2013 the ball is sticking more up front and they\u2019re not any more porous at the back. I\u2019d expect them to score, but I\u2019d not be at all surprised if they conceded again,<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45+1 min \u201cThat\u2019s that then,\u201d reckons Dave Estherby. \u201cNo doubt Spurs fans watching this will be celebrating but the Tottenham board would do well to consider that avoiding relegation by finishing 17th two seasons in a row, when two of the teams that did go down in those years were a) Wolves and b) Russell Martin\u2019s comically incompetent Southampton, is abject to say the very least. I\u2019d love to know what\u2019s in De Zerbi\u2019s contract.\u201d<\/p>\n What we\u2019ve seen of De Zerbi so far, I\u2019d expect a significant improvement next season. I imagine the contract says pretty much what he wanted it to, because desperation stinks.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min There\u2019s a decent tempo to this game now, but West Ham badly need a livener We\u2019ll have three additional minutes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 44 min And he tries one here when Wilson finds him, crossing into the corridor but way too powerfully for whatever he was hoping to achieve.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 42 min What do we think about El-Hadji Diouf, then? First time I saw him play, I was extremely impressed, but now I\u2019m wondering if he\u2019s an average footballer with an incredibly athletic profile and a blinding cross.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 41 min West Ham win a free-kick 40 yards out, left of centre, which Diouf hammers over the by-line.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 40 min What level of player do we think Anthony Gordon is? I think he\u2019s decent, but he\u2019d be doing very well to get to Bayern, I\u2019d say \u2013 they need more, much more, than the occasional open-play goal and some useful penalty-taking.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 39 min Newcastle win a corner that yields another, Mavrapanos heading away. West Ham look like they\u2019ve a goal or two in them, but they also look liable to concede another couple.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 37 min \u201cThe sound and fury of an Argentinian and a Brazilian cursing each other in their related-but-distinctly-different tongues about a footballing disagreement is something to behold,\u201d reckons Peter Oh. \u201cCastellanos v Guimar\u00e3es is the latest installment. I wonder if we might be treated to a World Cup version this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n That\u2019d be nice. You can\u2019t beat some behaviour that no one wants to see that in fact everyone wants to see.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.10 EDT<\/p>\n 36 min A ball over the top from Guomaraes and Osula steals away from Mavrapanos, leaping to collect \u2026 and misses it entirely. West Ham look like they could score, but if they defend like that they\u2019re not yet done conceding.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 34 min This is now a game of football, Bowen playing into Wilson, who lays back for Summerville, who looks to thread through to meet Bowen\u2019s run. Someone, Thiaw I think, intercepts, but West Ham appear to have decided they should probably start competing.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 32 min West Ham have roused themselves, Summerville swinging over a terrific cross to the far post, which Wilson can\u2019t quite get at, perhaps taking his eye off it. perhaps assuming the defenders will clear.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.05 EDT<\/p>\n 30 min But here comes West Ham, their most coherent attack so far, Fernandes finding Sumerville down the left, whose cut-back arrives into the stride of the advancing Castellanos, who leaps, shoots \u2026 and sees Pope palm away, then Diouf clobbers the loose ball and the keeper saves a second time.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 29 min I said I was excited to see Fernandes, but he\u2019s barely had a kick. Newcastle on the other hand, have been all over West Ham like a cheap rash.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 27 min Castellanos leaves one on Guimaraes, and the ref gives him a going-over, then Trippier adds his thoughts and we get back under way, no booking.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 26 min And here comes the change, a ruefully-smiling Todibo replaced, meaning no more three at the back, with Castellanos moving alongside Wilson in a 4-4-2.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 25 min Nuno can\u2019t tolerate any more of this, so has Castellanos getting ready with Todibo about to be hooked.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 24 min But Newcastle then ooze forward once more, easily picking up spaces between men and lines to win a corner. It goes short, then Tonali curls into Hermansen\u2019s midriff.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 23 min Better from West Ham, Bowen moving down the right and cutting back for Fernandes, whose thumping shot is blocked at source.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 21 min You never know, but this match feels over already.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>LOVELY GOAL! Newcastle United 2-0 West Ham United (Osula 19)<\/p>\n Having shoved West Ham through the trapdoor, Newcastle stomp on the fingers with which they\u2019re holding on. This is a glorious move, Tripper, Barnes, Guimaraes and Ramsey combining with delicious one-touch stuff, to send Osula marching through the middle, and his finish, punched side-footed, is emphatic, the goal as welcome in N17 as in NE1.<\/p>\n Newcastle United’s William Osula scores their second goal. Photograph: Scott Heppell\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.07 EDT<\/p>\n 19 min Osula looks to poke a bouncing ball through for Barnes, but it runs away form him \u2013 just.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 16 min Newcastle fancy this now and, from a West Ham perspective, that goal was way too easily taken.<\/p>\n