West Ham 1-5 Newcastle: Eddie Howe's Champions League chasers thrash woeful West Ham

Newcastle continued their quest for Champions League qualification with a 5-1 win at West Ham, whose relegation worries intensify. With Manchester United playing against Brentford, Eddie Howe’s side knew a win would likely be needed if they were to keep hold of third spot in the Premier League and they started in impressive style — taking the lead with just six minutes gone.

Ad West Ham failed to clear a corner and Allan Saint-Maximin crossed the ball straight onto the head of Callum Wilson, who slammed the ball into the net. Premier League'They wanted it more' — Ten Hag felt Man Utd lacked passion and desire in Newcastle loss02/04/2023 AT 18:45 With less than quarter of an hour gone, Newcastle doubled the lead.

Joelinton beat the offside trap (with VAR confirming he was in the clear) before taking the ball round Lukasz Fabianski and slotting into an empty net. Despite having little defensive work to do in the first half, Sven Botman had to be alert to get in the way of Michail Antonio just as the West Ham striker was about to pull the trigger in an attempt to halve the deficit.

With half-time approaching, the home side did manage to pull one back as Nick Pope failed to connect with an attempted punch on Jarrod Bowen’s corner and Kurt Zouma was able to head into an empty net. That speck of hope will have given Moyes the chance to reset his team at the break, so it was no surprise to see him furious on the touch line after watching his team concede again in the first minute of the second half.