Newcastle Utd v West Ham Utd: half-time report

  • by Matthew O'Greel
  • Sunday, 23rd September 2007

The Hammers find themselves a goal behind at the break in this afternoon's Premier League clash at Newcastle.

Mark Viduka - a transfer target of Alan Curbishley's earlier in the summer - opened the scoring for the home side after just two minutes when he profited on a mistake by international colleague Lucas Neill.

The Hammers responded well and deservedly drew level on 31 minutes after Dean Ashton swivelled expertly to fire home following a bout of head tennis in the home side's penalty box.

But the home side regained the lead five minutes before the break after Mark Viduka added a second from a cross by Nzogbia, who had left Lee Bowyer trailing in his wake on the left flank.

Despite going in behind there are plenty of positives for the Hammers to take into the second half.

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