- Julen Lopetegui’s West Ham shocked Newcastle to win 2-0 at St James’ Park
- Eddie Howe’s aspect blew an opportunity to maneuver nearer to the Champions League spots
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Eddie Howe stated his Newcastle aspect are ‘kicking themselves’ after they blew the possibility to maneuver inside some extent of Arsenal and Chelsea with a shock defeat to West Ham.
Newcastle have been left shocked after Tomas Soucek and Aaron Wan-Bissaka struck at St James’ Park to alleviate the stress on Hammers boss Julen Lopetegui.
Victory for Howe’s aspect would have moved them inside touching distance of the Champions League spots and simply two factors behind Manchester Metropolis.
‘That is an enormous frustration,’ stated Howe. ‘The league is so tight that a few wins and the entire image seems completely different so we kick ourselves tonight as a result of we knew the chance we had at dwelling, probably a terrific second for us in our season.
‘We’ve not grabbed the video games and these moments in addition to we might have finished. We’ve got to study from that and are available again stronger.’
Howe thought his aspect ought to have had a penalty within the second half when Callum Wilson went down beneath the problem of Konstantinos Mavropanos however the referee and VAR waved away the protests.
Eddie Howe’s Newcastle aspect didn’t win their fourth recreation in a row after Monday evening’s loss
West Ham’s 2-0 victory will present a lot wanted aid for under-fire boss Julen Lopetegui
Tomas Soucek and Aaron Wan-Bissaka scored for the guests to maneuver them as much as 14th place
‘I’ve solely checked out it as soon as, stay, and I believed it was a extremely good shout for a penalty,’ added Howe. ‘Somebody would possibly inform me completely different, however I believed it was a extremely good probability.’
West Ham’s victory lifts the rising stress on Lopetegui, who earlier than the sport laughed off hypothesis in the course of the worldwide break that he had two video games to save lots of his job beginning at St James’ Park earlier than the go to of Arsenal on the weekend.
‘It was good that the gamers confirmed they’re able to battle for all of the issues we’re capable of have at this degree,’ stated Lopetegui. ‘You may win or lose, however I believe we now have to imagine in us and to suppose that we’re capable of play this type of match.’
Lopetegui will serve a touchline ban for the Arsenal recreation on Saturday after choosing up his third yellow card of the season for remonstrating with the officers at St James’ Park.
West Ham ahead Jarrod Bowen insisted the gamers have been nonetheless combating for his or her supervisor. ‘I believe we needs to be pushing for European soccer yearly,’ he stated.
‘We’ve got a extremely good supervisor and nice gamers who really feel they get obtain issues and have not fairly hit these ranges but, however it’s not for the need of attempting – and that is pushed by the supervisor.’
