West Ham United midfielder Declan Rice certainly had his hands full early on this afternoon’s trip to Newcastle United.
Steve Bruce’s side enjoyed a stunning start to the Premier League season.
Callum Wilson nodded Newcastle into a 1-0 lead inside the first minute after some brilliant work from Allan Saint-Maximin out wide.
The French winger bamboozled the West Ham star with a number of step-overs and dummies, just before prodding in the cross that Wilson headed home.
Here’s what Stan Collymore tweeted after the goal – a gif of a dog chasing its own tail.
Comeback
The Irons twice came from behind today – first when Aaron Cresswell cancelled out Wilson’s opener, and then again on 53 minutes then Said Benrahma equalised after Jacob Murphy fired the hosts 2-1 ahead.
David Moyes’s side grew into the game from there and Tomas Soucek made it 3-2 after a missed penalty from Michail Antonio, before the latter repented for that miss by adding a fourth and ultimately killing off Newcastle once and for all.
The East Londoners are yet to sign an outfielder this summer and considering that, this was one hell of a result.
Winning away at a packed-out St James’s Park isn’t easy and that, combined with West Ham signing virtually nobody [except a loan for Alphonse Areola] makes this a fine start to the Premier League season.
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