WEST HAM MADE 461 PASSES YESTERDAY WITH AN 80% PASS ACCURACY, (AND 52% POSSESSION), AND ALSO HAD 9 SHOTS, WITH 2 ON TARGET, BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM, NOTHING ACTUALLY REACHED-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET. NEWCASTLE MADE 433 PASSES WITH AN 81% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 9 SHOTS WITH 3 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A STUNNER FROM BRUNO GUIMARAES AT 63 MINS., MEANING THAT THE GAME ENDED IN A 1 – 0 WIN TO NEWCASTLE! (THERE WAS A LITTLE DRAMA ALSO DURING THE MATCH WITH WEST HAM’S MAX KILMAN SAYING HE FELT A PUSH FROM ALEXANDER ISAK BEFORE GUIMARAES’ GOAL.) BUT IT’S NOT FOOTBALL WITHOUT JUST A LITTLE ARGEY-BARGEY IS IT? 😊
NEWCASTLE BOSS EDDIE HOWE SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH
“MASSIVE WIN. NOT OUR BEST GAME, BUT ONE OF OUR BEST GAMES. ALWAYS GOING TO BE RIGHT AND DIFFICULT TEAM TO PLAY AGAINST. WE WERE EVERYTHING DEFENSIVELY THAT WE HAVEN’T BEEN IN RECENT WEEKS. CHALLENGING WEEK BUT REALLY PLEASED. THAT WAS A HARD-FOUGHT WIN FOR US BASED ON GOOD DEFENSIVE WORK FROM THE TEAM. I THOUGHT HARVEY BARNES HAD HIS MOMENTS AND HIS ASSIST FOR THE GOAL WAS A TOP-QUALITY CROSS. HE’S CAPABLE OF THOSE DECISIVE MOMENTS. SO REALLY PLEASED FOR HIM AND BRUNO TO GET THE GOAL.”
WEST HAM BOSS GRAHAM POTTER SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH
“I FEEL FOR THE PLAYERS. THEY PUT SO MUCH INTO THE GAME. REALLY COMMITTED PERFORMANCE. WE STARTED THE GAME WELL. WE HAD TO DEFEND WELL AT TIMES. WE HAD OUR MOMENTS AND THEY HAD THEIRS. THEY SCORED AND THE GOAL IS FRUSTRATING FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE. WE THINK IT IS CLEAR. TWO HANDS ON THE BACK OF THE DEFENDER, IT IS A PUSH. ISAK DIDN’T CELEBRATE AND THOUGHT IT WAS A PUSH. WE DIDN’T DO ENOUGH TO WIN THE GAME. WE CAN IMPROVE OUR ATTACKING PLAY. OVERALL, THE BOYS GAVE IT THEIR ALL.”
BY AMANDA WATERS
