Newcastle increased their stranglehold on a top-four finish with a 5-1 win over a hapless West Ham, who completely imploded at the London Stadium
Callum Wilson, who was selected ahead of Alexander Isak, headed home after just five minutes before Joelinton doubled the advantage when VAR stepped in to overturn a wrongly raised flag for offside
West Ham threatened to make a game of it when Kurt Zouma reduced the deficit before half-time but a horrendous mistake from Nayef Aguerd when playing out from the back presented Wilson with an easy tap-in for 3-1
 Lukasz Fabianski kept the score down in the second half with some superb stops but was majorly at fault for Newcastle's fourth, misjudging a long ball outside his box and Isak chipped home into an empty net before Joelinton completed the rout
Not that many West Ham fans saw that goal - they had long made their way for the exits as the few that remained booed boss David Moyes as he walked back down the tunnel at full-time
When asked about the mass exodus in the home end for the final stages of the game, Moyes told : "I might have walked out as well tonight
 I know how it works
 But sometimes when it's not so good, that's when you stand up and be a true supporter as well
 We had some great results here last year in the league and Europe, but sometimes when things aren't going so well you need everybody behind you
 I thought the crowd at the start of the game tonight was fantastic, so I've got no qualms with them leaving with a result like that tonight
"I've got no doubt they [the board] are behind me
 I'm confident in the way we work and what they think
 But if you're a manager and you lose badly like I did tonight then you're always in jeopardy
 I understand that
"The win keeps Newcastle in third place in the Premier League, three points clear of Tottenham in fifth with a game in hand
 Meanwhile, West Ham remain sat precariously above the relegation zone but only on goal difference as the pressure increases on Moyes
It was hard to know which team was chasing Champions League football in the early stages as West Ham struck a post inside 30 seconds when Jarrod Bowen's cross was turned towards his own goal by Bruno Guimaraes
But for all their positive play West Ham found themselves behind on five minutes with Newcastle scoring with their first attack
 Allan Saint-Maximin provided the quality from the right and Wilson was left with yards of space in the middle, heading home from 12 yards
Newcastle double their advantage nine minutes later
 The West Ham offside trap was caught out by Fabian Schar who played a clever ball over the top for Joelinton to race through and finish past Fabianski
 The offside flag went up, but it was clear from the replay that Joelinton was at least two yards onside and VAR corrected the wrong on-field decision
Considering their relegation predicament, West Ham and their crowd could have crumbled but they stuck together and kept on probing
 That endeavour was rewarded when Zouma rose highest in front of a flapping Nick Pope to bullet a header home and restore belief of a comeback
It was all set for West Ham to put pressure on Newcastle after the break but the home side shot themselves in the foot within a minute of the restart
 Aguerd - the match winner from Sunday against Southampton - took too much time playing out from the back and Jacob Murphy seized upon him before squaring one to Wilson, who could not miss
Murphy and then Saint-Maximin took advantage of West Ham's desire to press higher and caused chaos on the counter-attack
 However, both players were denied by spectacular saves from Fabianksi, who then went and blotted his copybook by handing Isak the fourth goal with eight minutes to play in a half of football where the Hammers only had one shot at goal
A truly dismal night for the Hammers was summed up in injury time when Joelinton added a fifth
"David Moyes is not used to getting thrashed
 His teams are built upon defensive structure and being hard to beat
 It's therefore a worrying trait that his West Ham team can throw the towel in when things become tough
 It happened in the 4-0 defeat at Brighton and it certainly happened in this one
 Hardly an ideal mentality for a team amid a relegation fight
"Yes, Newcastle were at times ruthless on the counter-attack in the second half, but such lack of intensity and belief in the Hammers ranks does not paint the picture of a happy camp that are all pulling in the same direction
 Despite the game being there for them to chase, West Ham had just one shot in the second half
 Newcastle had 10
"Moyes' decision to go like-for-like with his changes instead of seeing if Michail Antonio and Danny Ings have the chemistry to play together was a baffling move for a manager with so much experience
 Maybe it's time for a different direction to spark this talented yet underperforming squad into life
"West Ham captain  speaking to : "Really tough one to take
 Five goals that at any level you can't concede - not good enough
 When you play for this badge, what the fans want is desire and hard work
 It was a weird one because even though we went 2-0 down we were still pushing
 We felt the fans behind us
 We got the goal and there was a real belief at half-time, but the start of the second half really killed things off
"The effort was there
 When you're five goals down it's really tough to keep going mentally, but you have to
 In football anything can happen, and you always have to keep pushing
 The game felt really stretched when we were 2-0 down
 But the five goals we conceded, that's not what West Ham's built on
 I don't think we've conceded five worse goals as a team since I've played for West Ham
"Newcastle boss : "It was a difficult game
 I thought the high of Sunday to come here was a tough test psychologically
 We weren't at our very best but we were clinical today, which we probably haven't been like for a while
 It's great to see us score goals and make the scoreline look comfortable, but I don't think it was
"It's great to see because it's something we haven't been
 If we can add that to our game then we'll be an even stronger team
 I'm really pleased with the goals and really pleased with the goalscorers
 Great day for us
"West Ham have a London derby at Craven Cottage next up at 3pm on Saturday against Fulham
 Newcastle are also in west London, taking on Brentford, also at 3pm
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