At the London Stadium, Newcastle defeated Newcastle 3-1 to celebrate his first victory as West Ham manager on Sunday.
After only their second Premier League victory of the year, the Hammers are now just three points clear of 17th-placed Burnley, who they face next week.
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A fine early strike from Jacob Murph gave Newcastle the lead at half-time, but Lucas Paqueta equalized and an own goal from the unlucky Sven Botman gave the hosts the lead.
At the break, Howe made numerous adjustments to his off-colour side, and Newcastle won West Ham in the opening half.
However, the visitors’ attacks were brutal, and Tomas Soucek secured all three points in the closing moments.
In late September, Nuno was fired from West Ham, leaving them with Nottingham Forest, who are also in the drop zone.
The Portuguese has to wait patiently for his first victory, though.
Just 26 seconds after Jarrod Bowen’s shot slammed off the post at the other end, Murphy fired a fizzing shot from the edge of the area to give Newcastle the lead in the fourth minute.
Six minutes later, West Ham was given a penalty by the referee, who had determined that Malick Thiaw had brought Bowen down, but the decision was overturned due to a VAR review because Thiaw had touched the ball.
When Paqueta slammed a sweet shot past Nick Pope in the 35th minute, the Hammers were deservedly level.
And just before half-time, Pope was stranded after being intercepted by Botman by a low cross from defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
At half-time, Howe substituted Emil Krafth, Nick Woltemade, and Anthony Gordon for Fabian Schar, William Osula, and Jacob Ramsey.
West Ham threatened a third goal, but Pope was immediately called into action twice at the other end as the visitors dominated possession.
With less than 20 minutes left, Hammers midfielder Freddie Potts found the net, but the goal was ruled out due to offside.
Soucek had the last laugh as Newcastle searched for an equaliser before finding an equalizer.
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