West Ham vs Newcastle: Declan Rice and Mark Noble hand Hammers victory at the London Stadium
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Your support makes all the difference.West Ham returned to winning ways after beating Newcastle United 2-0 at the London Stadium.
After losing 1-0 to Manchester City earlier in the week, the hosts responded in fashion with a comfortable and largely controlled display in front of their fans.
It took just seven minutes for Manuel Pellegrini’s side to take the lead, with Declan Rice finding the back of the net for his second goal of the season.
Mark Noble doubled the lead from the penalty spot three minutes before the break.
After the restart West Ham continued to dominate proceedings as the visitors struggled to make their presence felt, aside from a late free-kick which struck the woodwork. The result sees the Londoners move up to ninth in the table on 39 points.
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Kick-off fast approaching at the London Stadium.
The teams are in the tunnel. Chris Kavanagh is the referee this evening.
1 minute
A good start from Javier Hernandez, Jamaal Lascelles tripping the Mexican after allowing the ball to bounce and seeing Hernandez steal in.
Robert Snodgrasss to deliver from near the left angle of the box.
2 minutes
Snodgrass and Felipe Anderson try to work a tappy free kick, but by the time Anderson has returned the ball to Snodgrass the Newcastle wall has closed a space that looked considerably less than ten yards to two, and blocks the delivery.
A waste.
3 minutes
Ryan Fredericks gets beyond Matt Ritchie on the left of Newcastle's back five after a clever outside-of-the-boot pass from Mark Noble, but the full-back can't link up with Javier Hernandez in the middle.
5 minutes
It has been a strong start for West Ham with Fredericks and Robert Snodgrass combining particularly effectively on the right.
Newcastle sitting deep with their back-five and Isaac Hayden and Sean Longstaff a relatively defensive shield in front.
4-2-3-1 for West Ham, with Manuel Lanzini at number ten.
GOAL! West Ham 1-0 Newcastle (Declan Rice, 7 minutes)
Rice rises, Rice scores!
Robert Snodgrass curls the in swinger to the six yard box, Martin Dubravka doesn't come, Fabian Schar loses his man and the West Ham defensive midfielder Rice and simply heads home.
West Ham have proved very dangerous from set-pieces in recent weeks, with plenty of movement and clever lines of running utilised to create space for others. Rice found a space, Snodgrass found him and the hosts take a deserved early lead.
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