When the dust has settled, this will tally as a missed opportunity for West Ham.
They were beaten 1-0 by a Newcastle team far from firing on all cylinders (Anthony Gordon and Lewis Hall were both absent) and whose attention was, even if just subconsciously, more on Sunday’s Carabao Cup final than this Premier League encounter with a side with little left to play for in the final two-and-a-half months of the season.
