An incredible match delivered the Premier League as start of date 30. Newcastle won 4-3 against West Ham after being 1-3, with a goal on the hour and resisting in seven of the 11 extra minutes with one less player due to an expulsion, that of Anthony Gordon. A bonus track: in the last play, the visitor He almost tied it with a chest definition.
It was a duel in which everything happened. Goals, injuries, penalties, more than a dozen minutes added in each half, an impressive comeback and the morbidity of a Newcastle player who defined the match with two goals and had been sought by West Ham to incorporate him this season. Yeah, Harvey Barnes, who was relegated with Leicester and the Hammers wanted him, he finally signed with the Magpies and was decisive although it did not seem to be in the plans for him to join.
Barnes scored the third and fourth of the premises. He had tied it in a quick counterattack with a cross definition between the legs of goalkeeper Alphonse Aréola, seven from the end, and he defined it with a hook and a right hand from outside the area that went in next to a post. The reaction led to madness in the stands.
With another peculiarity in the case of Barnes: He joined from the bench for the Paraguayan Miguel Almirón, another who started the game among the substitutes but lasted just 11 minutes on the field when he replaced Tino Livramento. The two left injured, as did two other teammates: the captain Jamal Lascelles He asked for the change after 17 minutes and his replacement, the Swede Emil Krafth, It lasted just over 50 minutes before having to leave. Newcastle was an infirmary, but they left happy with the reaction and the three points. There will be time to find out what each one has.
In one of the two penalties they had in their favor, Newcastle had opened the scoring in the 6th minute, with the Swede scoring Alexander Isak, but West Ham turned it around thanks to goals from Michael Antonio y Mohammed Kudus, in the first time, and Jarrod Bowen, at the beginning of the second.
Isak scored another penalty for added time and then came Barnes’ double, which ended up being definitive despite the suspense of the last play. Kudus advanced from the right, outlined himself and took the center into the area with 11 extra minutes going. The ball traveled over almost everyone, even behind a bad start by the Slovakian goalkeeper Martin Dubravka, and the Czech Tomas Soucek, somewhat surprised, put his chest to cushion the ball, which ended up escaping next to the post.
The summary of Newcastle – West Ham
With this victory, Newcastle is eighth and placed one point behind West Ham itself (7th with 44), in the qualification zone for the European cups. The Magpies’ resilience was symbolized by the reappearance of Harvey Barnes, recently recovered from injury.