Dan Burn opened the scoring in the first half with an excellent header from Kieran Trippier’s free-kick, with Joelinton claiming the Magpies’ second at the start of the second half as he nodded in Harvey Barnes’ cross.

What were the main talking points on Tyneside?

HOWE’S SELECTION

In the wake of Sunday’s Hammers horror-show in east London, Eddie Howe admitted he was facing a dilemma ahead of tonight’s game – stick with his tried-and-tested performers to give them a chance to make amends for their weekend no-show or make wholesale changes in an attempt to engineer an improvement.

In the end, he went for the former option. There were only two changes from the side that lined up at the London Stadium, and one – Kieran Trippier replacing Emil Krafth – saw a senior performer returning after being unavailable at the weekend. The other alteration saw Harvey Barnes replace Jacob Murphy, who had arguably been Newcastle’s best performer against West Ham.

The message to the likes of Bruno Guimaraes, Joelinton and Anthony Gordon was clear – prove Sunday was just an aberration. The response wasn’t perfect, but it...