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West Ham clinched their first home win since February as they recovered from a goal down to beat Newcastle 3-1.

The home fans looked set for another long afternoon when Jacob Murphy fired in Newcastle's fourth-minute opener from outside the box, 26 seconds after Jarrod Bowen had struck the post at the other end, but Nuno Espirto Santo's side staged a fightback.

Lucas Paqueta brought them level when his long-range effort beat Nick Pope at his near post and the turnaround was completed when Sven Botman inadvertently diverted Aaron Wan-Bissaka's low cross into his own net in first-half stoppage time.

Substitute Tomas Soucek added the third in the final seconds of the game when he bundled home from close range after Bowen's diagonal shot had squirmed through Pope's legs.

The victory is only West Ham's second of the season and their first under Nuno. It comes after a run of nine home games without a win dating back to a 2-0 victory over Leicester on February 27.

Newcastle faded badly after their early opener and only mustered one shot on target in a flat second-half display despite Eddie Howe making three substitutions at the interval.

Earlier, they had needed Pope to be...

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