Newcastle stretched their unbeaten run as they produced one of the close football scores of the weekend in the Premier League. Craig Dawson scored for the second consecutive game as he put the home side ahead in the 32nd minute before Joe Willock equalized in first-half stoppage time.
Player ratings
West Ham: Fabianski (7), Fredericks (5), Zouma (7), Dawson (8), Cresswell (6), Rice (5), Soucek (6), Benrahma (5), Fornals (5), Bowen (7), Antonio (4)
Subs: Vlasic (6), Johnson (6)
Newcastle: Dubravka (7), Krafth (7), Burn (8), Schar (8), Targett (8), Willock (8), Shelvey (7), Murphy (7), Joelinton (7), Fraser (7), Wood (7)
Subs:Bruno Guimarães (N/A), Almiron (N/A), Lascelles (N/A)
Man of the match: Joe Willock
Managers Reaction
West Ham boss David Moyes: “It is a long time since journalists talked about West Ham in a top-four chase. We want to be that club and we enjoy the journalists talking about us in that way. Today was not a good performance, it was good we took a point because on another day maybe we would not have but if we want to hang in with the big boys we are going to have to win games like this.”
Newcastle boss Eddie Howe: “I’m satisfied with the point but frustrated it maybe wasn’t more. The way we started the game was excellent. The only disappointment for me was that we only got one goal – there was more in it for us. Although we dominated they still had a threat in the game. That’s what West Ham can do to you. We’re disappointed that the free-kick was poorly defended from our perspective.”
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