The second half was just two minutes old when a headed clearance from Winston Reid was seized on by Moses, who outpaced the defender to unleash a vicious shot which bounced back off the bar.
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“But we are looking forward to that game”, he added.
McClaren refused to blame his side’s poor performance on the disruption.
Noble collected Diafra Sakho’s backheel in the penalty area and laid the ball back for the French midfielder to coolly sidefoot a curling effort into the top corner.
McClaren said: ‘We felt that the preparation wasn’t long enough and we asked the referee [to delay the kick-off].
Italy internationals Eder and Roberto Soriano scored second-half goals as Sampdoria beat 10-man Bologna 2-0 Monday in Serie A in a match that was postponed for a day due to bad weather.
Traffic in London caused havoc to Newcastle’s travel plans, meaning the players had to walk the final mile to the ground, and there was no respite when the proceedings got underway as they fell behind in the eighth minute thanks a classy finish from Payet.
His opposite number Slaven Bilic, who celebrated a first home win in charge, said Newcastle’s late arrival didn’t alter their approach.
Because you need goals if you are going to come away with points in the Barclays Premier League.
West Ham could sense Newcastle were there for the taking after just nine minutes when £10.5m summer signing Payet capped a sweeping move with a stunning opener. I want to concentrate and give everything and all the players will prepare well to win the game.
Three or more goals have been scored in five of West Ham’s last six competitive fixtures in all competitions and the 20/23 (1.87) quote from NetBet for that trend to continue on Monday night appears to represent decent value for punters.
“We have got Papiss Cisse who has done that job early in the season, and he is more than capable of doing it again”.
“I thought we worked hard together as a team, we deserved the game and we dominated really”. His pace shows he’s ideally suited to the Premier League.
Newcastle next host Watford at St James’ Park on Saturday.
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“That is what we needed and he gave us that, we didn’t have too much elsewhere”.
