Newcastle United 4-3 West Ham United (30 Mar, 2024) Game Analysis

Substitute Harvey Barnes scored twice as Newcastle United came from 3-1 down to beat West Ham United 4-3 in a thrilling Premier League match at St James' Park on Saturday.

Newcastle led through Alexander Isak's early penalty before Michail Antonio and Mohammed Kudus put West Ham 2-1 up at half-time.

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The home side were on course for a forgettable afternoon after losing Jamaal Lascelles, Emil Krafth, Tino Livramento and Miguel Almirón to injury.

Jarrod Bowen extended the visitors' lead, but Isak's second penalty 13 minutes from time gave Newcastle hope, and livewire Barnes equalized with a clinical finish past goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.

Barnes then unleashed a lovely shot from outside the area in the 90th minute to a deafening roar from the St. James crowd, and although Newcastle striker Anthony Gordon was sent off in injury time, the hosts held on for the victory.

“It was definitely one of the craziest games I've played. We're obviously disappointed to be where we are in the game and then we had a mountain to climb. This team is focused on team spirit and never gives up and that showed in abundance today,” Barnes told the BBC.

“These are the games and the moments you want to be a part of. Sitting on the sidelines, in the stands, it's the worst feeling, so it makes you want to work even harder to get to stages like today today and enjoy moments like today.

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe praised the character of his team.

“A lot of emotions in this game, we really went up and down everywhere, ups and downs, injuries, sending offs but just brilliant from the guys, a brilliant comeback when it was a real challenge at 3- 1,” Coach Eddie said. Howe told TNT.

“When you're down 3-1 at home with the recent streak we've been on and everything seems to be going against us, it's very, very difficult for the players to regroup and get going again, but they did in the second half. time and it was just a wonderful feeling at the end,” Howe said.

West Ham manager David Moyes was left disappointed after his side's third game without a win.

“We lost a game when we should have won a game,” Moyes told the BBC.

“It's a tough place to get to and for a long time it looked like we were going to be the team that finished first. We didn't get the job done and weren't tough enough.”

Newcastle moved up to eighth in the table with 43 points after 29 matches, one point behind seventh-placed West Ham.