Newcastle United, with a blushing little hand, beat West Ham United (1-5), secure their position in the Champions League and leave David Moyes on the brink of the abyss in the English Premier.
The Scotsman may soon become the 14th manager to be sacked in the Premier League, after this home defeat left him on 27 points, the same as relegation-placed Bournemouth.
The ‘Hammers’ performance was disastrous in defense and their defense was portrayed in each of Newcastle’s goals. The first, with a completely solo shot by Wilson, after a great play by Allan Saint-Maximin, the second, after a long pass from Schar that left Joelinton alone, who with all the time in the world dribbled past Fabianski and scored at empty goal, and the third after Aguerd gave the ball inside the area to Jacob Murphy, who only had to hand it over to Wilson to score without opposition.
For West Ham, Kurt Zouma cut the gap before the break in a corner, but it was a mirage that faded in the second half and ended with the Londoners exhausted.
With no hope for the locals, Alexander Isak scored his seventh goal in this Premier and Joelinton completed his double with a cross shot that again highlighted the passive defense of the ‘Hammers’.
Newcastle adds its fourth consecutive win and sits in third place with 53 points, the same as Manchester United and three more than Tottenham Hotspur, which is fifth and has one more game.
West Ham, who narrowly beat Southampton over the weekend, is fifteenth, with 27 points, the same as Everton, Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth, but with one game less and a better goal difference.
With information from EFE/Photo: EFE
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