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Substitute Joe Willock’s 82nd-minute header helped Newcastle United climb to 15th as they beat 10-man West Ham United 3-2 at St James’ Park.
Newcastle led on 36 minutes when Allan Saint-Maximin’s shot was turned into his own net by Issa Diop.
West Ham also had Craig Dawson sent off for a second yellow card after a foul in the build-up to the goal.
Newcastle doubled their lead before half-time when Lukasz Fabianski dropped Matt Ritchie’s corner and Joelinton converted.
West Ham pulled themselves level after the break with two quickfire goals. Diop headed in before Jesse Lingard converted a penalty with 10 minutes remaining.
Willock came off the bench to win it with his second touch to lift Newcastle to 35 points, nine clear of the bottom three.
A first defeat in four keeps West Ham fourth on 55 points but they can be overtaken by Chelsea before the two teams meet next week.
See: Newcastle report | West Ham report
Next fixtures
Newcastle: 24 Apr v Liverpool (A)
West Ham: 24 Apr v Chelsea (H)
Match officials
Referee: Kevin Friend. Assistants: Simon Beck, Adrian Holmes. Fourth official: Darren England. VAR: Simon Hooper. Assistant VAR: Matthew Wilkes.
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