Watch Newcastle 3-0 West Ham match highlights
Monday 28 August 2017 12:30, UK
Joselu marked his first start for Newcastle with a goal as Rafael Benitez was finally able to celebrate a first win of the season.
The Spanish striker converted Christian Atsu's 36th-minute cross to lift the mood against West Ham at St James' Park, and defender Ciaran Clark and substitute Aleksandar Mitrovic sent the locals among a crowd of over 52,000 home happy with second-half strikes.
It was exactly what the promoted Magpies needed after weeks of claim and counter-claim on Tyneside and ahead of a hugely important final few days of the transfer window.
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By contrast, Hammers boss Slaven Bilic, the subject of reports that Benitez is being lined up to replace him, left the north-east reflecting on a third successive Premier League defeat and with a deepening gloom surrounding his own club.
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