Callum Wilson and Joelinton hit doubles as Newcastle United thrash woeful West Ham

Newcastle United cemented their Champion League push with a 5-1 demolition job over West Ham at the London Stadium on Wednesday.

Callum Wilson and Joelinton both scored two while substitute Alexander Isak scored the other on a dreadful night for relegation-haunted West Ham.

Wilson scored early in each half, to take his goal tally to 12 in 13 meetings with the Hammers, meaning only Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen have netted more times against them in the Premier League.

Joelinton also scored again before Kurt Zouma pulled one back for the hosts, but West Ham fell apart after half-time.

Awful mistakes by Nayef Aguerd – just 21 seconds into the second half – and Lukasz Fabianski gifted further goals to Wilson and Isak before Joelinton helped himself to number five.

The Magpies remain in third place and well on course for a Champions League place for the first time since Sir Bobby Robson's side qualified in 2003.

“Massive win. Well played by the whole team,” said Joelinton. “We started the game really well. We stopped playing a bit and let them come back into it. But we came to the second half better.

“I'm very happy to win today. Five goals is great.

“We knew it would be a difficult game. We had to keep going with the three points.

“It's very important to score goals. We kept going. Most important was the three points. Now it's rest and then the next game.”

It could have been very different had West Ham taken the lead with just 40 seconds on the clock when Jarrod Bowen sprinted past Dan Burn down the right and his low cross was turned on to his own post by Bruno Guimaraes.

However, their bubble was burst when Wilson struck. He had scored in the third minute of the reverse fixture at St James' Park in February, but had to