Newcastle United

Newcastle United were held to a 1-1 draw with West Ham United at St James's Park on Saturday evening – here are some moments missed from the match.

The Brazilian was in attendance at St James’s Park but was unable to play following his straight red card against Southampton on Tuesday night. Gordon’s struggles did not go unnoticed by club captain Jamaal Lascelles warming up on the touchline as he appeared to shout over to the Newcastle No. That made him the final player in The Magpies’ starting line-up on Saturday evening to pick up a booking this season. But less than a minute after the restart, The Magpies had the ball in the net again as Longstaff threaded a pass through which was expertly finished by [Callum Wilson](/topic/callum-wilson) for his seventh goal of the season and first since October. On the stroke of half-time, Willock chopped down Paqueta 30-yards from the Newcastle goal. Shooting ‘down the hill’ towards the iconic St James’s Park stand in the second half has favoured Newcastle many times over the years but West Ham were unable to make the slight psychological advantage count as they failed to test Nick Pope in the second half.

The Hammers may not have exactly raced past Blaydon, pass'd the foaks alang the Scotswood Road, across the River Tyne and into toon, but they their bus wheel ...

The Newcastle United legend shook his head when asked if the Magpies' current form on the pitch and in front of goal could hinder their top four dreams.

"But lack of goals is probably the only concern with this Newcastle side. "Callum got his goal tonight. James' Park against visitors West Ham following goals from [Callum Wilson](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/all-about/callum-wilson) and Lucas Paqueta. "When he came in this afternoon, he kept saying, 'We're going to win the league! We're going to win the league!'. If you look at earlier on in the season, it was Almiron, who could score from almost anywhere, any angle.

A look at all the ratings fans gave the Newcastle United players following their 1-1 draw against West Ham at St. James' Park.

Allan Saint-Maximin - 4.5 Miguel Almiron - 6.1 Dan Burn - 6.4 Fabian Schar - 6.5 Sean Longstaff - 6.8 Callum Wilson - 6.7 Kieran Trippier - 6.8 Anthony Gordon - 6.9 Nick Pope - 6.9 [The Frenchman](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/all-about/allan-saint-maximin) has struggled with injuries this season but made a comeback for the clash against the Hammers but failed to have much impact, which was highlighted in the 4.5 out of 10 average rating he was given by fans. Joelinton - 7.1 Sven Botman - 7.3

It says a lot about the progress being made at Newcastle United that the club reached the 40-point mark with 21 games played – yet there was still ...

“West Ham wanted a tight game, the onus was on us to break them down." "The margins between the top and bottom teams are so small,” said Howe. We allowed West Ham back into the game and probably got punished for that." You’re going to miss him, and I think we missed his creative eye more than anything else. “It was a great start for us, but we just didn’t build on that great start and that was the disappointing thing. “But I do think our midfield players who played in his absence all played well.