Newcastle United were beaten 2-0 by West Ham on a disappointing evening at St James’ Park. Despite coming into the game on the back of three successive wins, Howe’s side were unable to continue their good form against stoic Hammers resistance.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s second half strike doubled the visitors’ lead after Tomas Soucek had put them ahead early in the first period as Newcastle once again struggled for goals on home turf. Howe’s side have managed just five goals in six matches at St James’ Park this campaign but thought they had gone ahead minutes into Monday night’s game when Alexander Isak was played through before he delicately chipped the ball over Lukasz Fabianski.
