4 mins Anthony Gordon, Joelinton and Bruno combined to work the ball from deep in the Newcastle half on the left through midfield and over halfway, releasing Jacob Murphy to attack the right hand side of the West Ham box.

Confronted by the most ineffectual covering and tracking attempt from El Hadji Diouf, Murphy simply sidestepped him before pinging a low right foot shot into the far bottom corner of the net in front of the Bobby Moore (North) Stand. 1-0

35 mins Crysencio Summerville evaded Emil Krafth out on West Ham's left touchline level with the Newcastle area before sending over a deep and harmless-looking cross that Nick Pope came off his line to collect unopposed.

Inexplicably opting to punch rather than collect, the ball dropped to Mateus Fernandes well outside the box and he had time to nod it down before finding the unattended Lucas Paqueta to his left. The Brazilian saw his speculative 25 yard effort pushed into the net as Pope dived to his right. 1-1

45+5 mins Aaron Wan-Bissaka's cross from the right was deflected inside the near post from around eight yards out by the outstretched left boot of Sven Botman. 1-2

Half time: Hammers 2 Magpies 1

90+7 mins Nick Pope came into the centre circle to launch the ball downfield, but when it was promptly headed back by Maximilian Kilman, it allowed Bowen to begin a counter attack. Playing a one/two to bisect covering defender Sandro Tonali, he advanced into the box and saw his soft shot from the edge of the six yard box hit Pope.

However the ball bounced off the 'keeper and his momentary confusion was exploited by Tomas Soucek, who slid in to knock it into the empty net from close range. A VAR inspection confirmed Bowen hadn't strayed offside and the goal was given. 1-3

Full time: Hammers 3 Magpies 1

Eddie Howe said:

"It wasn't a great day for us. The away form is something that will be talked about and discussed and is of course something that concerns us. That was us far from our normal selves and that is the first time we have not performed away from home.

"The schedule is the schedule and it is demanding but it is where we want to be. It is a period of reflection for me. West Ham had a week to line us up and we had a very quick turnaround but no excuse. We had to come here to try and find a way to win.

"We were unrecognisable in some aspects of our game. We were better in the second half but not great. It didn’t look like a Newcastle team.... we weren’t where we needed to be mentally. We’ll go away and learn from today. It could be a turning point that we could work to our advantage.

"I didn't like the body language of the group, but that can manifest its outcome in many different ways, fatigue, whatever.

"I don't want to look like I'm looking for excuses, I'm just trying to myself figure out what happened today. It's never one thing, there's always a combination of factors, but certainly I've never accused my players of lacking effort. They're too good of professionals for that."

On making three substitutions at half-time:

"I could have taken anyone off. It's very rare to feel that way. I haven’t felt like that since I’ve been Newcastle manager. The team needed shaking up.

"It’s a concern when you’re not where you want to be, because you're always in a position where you're chasing results. We haven't hit our rhythm in the Premier League, not consistently. We've had some highs but today is a low.

"When you’re going from competition to competition the focus changes quickly. That’s a challenge we have to prepare for better."

After winning his first Hammers game at the fifth attempt, Nuno Espirito Santo said:

"The players are realising that winning in the Premier League, we have to work very hard. We will do it again. The win makes it easier, there are smiles and the legs feel easier. We see slight improvements on the pitch. We have to create a platform on the pitch.

"It was a very important win for all of us at the Club. The way the game started, we started really well. We hit the post in a fantastic move, then they go back on the counter and they score.

"It felt like everything again was against us. We had a penalty overruled. But the team kept going, the boys kept working very hard, organised and playing good.

"I think there were moments before the (first home) goal that we felt that the goal was there and truly deserved. I think we achieved the draw and then the second goal because the ambition was there. That's for us the most important aspect of the game, the way we reacted against adversity.

"The confidence boost is huge - I think to win the way we did it, I think for us it's to realise how important it is that we have to be organised, how important it is to work off the ball and how important it is to be compact, to be together, to not allow teams to play freely.

"Because after we have the ball we can consider and go forward, but as long as we are basically compact and solid in the way we want to approach the competition, in the Premier League especially, we cannot afford to not work harder, to sacrifice ourselves.

"So that was the message and that's the way the boys (needed to play).

I think Freddie (Potts) and Mateus (Fernandes) did a good game. The idea was to try and control the middle against Newcastle because they have Bruno, they have Joelinton, they have some quality players. If you allow them to play free, they're going to put you against the road, so realising that you had to work very hard was good and the young guys did it.

"It was important to see that we were suffering but not conceding. We were being resilient without the ball, realising that if we are organised it's hard to beat us. So it’s a small step in the way we had to improve.

"We gave the fans just this (little bit) and they gave us (a lot), and we cannot thank them enough. We realise the hard moments (they have had here), all these things, but we gave them a little bit and they gave us so much back.

"They helped the boys so much in the end, the noise and jumping. You can feel it, it was hard for Newcastle to beat us today because it was more than 60,000.

"We gave them a little bit, let's try to give them slightly more against Burnley so they can help us again.  For us, for you, for the Club, what is more important is for us as the Club is that this win means so much.

"It's a little step, but it means so much."