Newcastle 4-3 West Ham: Harvey Barnes bags a brace, scoring a last gasp winner as Eddie Howe's men complete incredible comeback... after the Hammers give away TWO penalties

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Harvey Barnes came off the bench to fire Newcastle to a remarkable Premier League victory over West Ham as they fought back from two goals down to snatch the points.

The Magpies, who led through Alexander Isak's sixth-minute penalty, trailed 3-1 with just 13 minutes remaining after Michail Anthonio, Mohammed Kudus and Jarrod Bowen had struck in an incident-packed contest during which referee Rob Jones was at the centre of the action throughout.

However, a second Isak penalty reduced the deficit before Barnes levelled with seven minutes remaining to set up a grandstand finish during which he secured a 4-3 win with a stunning 90th-minute strike, before Anthony Gordon was sent off for a second bookable offence.

Eddie Howe's men, whose injury problems deepened as they lost skipper Jamaal Lascelles, Tino Livramento and substitute Miguel Almiron, were rewarded for their resilience on a chaotic afternoon, but opposite number David Moyes, who was booked as tempers frayed, was scarcely able to believe what he had seen.  

'With the way the game was going, the second goal there was a bit of controversy, but we have always had that team spirit and today is one of those days we’ll remember for a long time,' said Barnes.

Harvey Barnes scored a last gasp winner to claim all three points against Newcastle, with the Hammers giving away two penalties in their Premier League clash on Saturday

He scored his first goal in the 83rd minute of the game and his second goal in the 90th minute

Alexander Isak opened the scoring for Newcastle in the sixth minute of the game on Saturday

 Isak scored after Newcastle were awarded a penalty after Anthony Gordon was fouled 

'It has been a tough season for me and I have missed that feeling so much. My playing time has been limited so every time I am on the pitch I went to help the team. 

'The atmosphere here at St James’ Park is always amazing. Today it is a win and it is a great feeling.'

Newcastle could hardly have got off to a better start when they were awarded a penalty for Vladimir Coufal's clumsy challenge on Gordon after the defender's pass forward had been picked off by Fabian Schar and the former Everton frontman had carved his way into the area.

Jones pointed to the spot, but Isak had to await the outcome of a VAR check for offside against Gordon before sending keeper Alphonse Areola the wrong way from the spot.

Seconds after Lascelles' premature departure, Michael Antonio fired a warning shot across Newcastle's bows when he turned Dan Burn, who had been pushed into central defence as Livramento took over at left-back to accommodate substitute Emil Krafth on the right, but fired over with the Hammers looking the more threatening.

Speaking of Newcastle's mounting injury crisis, Howe said: 'I don’t think you want to know what was going through my head at that time.

“These injuries mean we’re not able to express ourselves in the way we know we can. Just when we feel like we’re getting players back, we’re losing more and again, today, the injuries we’ve suffered have been fairly innocuous. 

'It’s a real test for the group but the group gets stronger because of it.

Isak sent Areola the wrong way and slotted the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal

David Moyes was not impressed with West Ham's start, showing his emotions on the side

Michail Antonio got West Ham back into the game by scoring in the 21st minute of their clash

The ball was played over the Newcastle backline for Antonio to run through and score

The visitors duly forced their way back into the game with 21 minutes gone when Lucas Paqueta picked out Antonio's run and he drew keeper Martin Dubravka before finishing emphatically. 

Gordon fired straight at Areola after cutting inside from the left and then headed wide from Jacob Murphy's teasing 36th-minute cross, but it was Bruno Guimaraes who went close deep into first-half stoppage time when his curling attempt came back off the crossbar with Areola beaten.

However, the Hammers went ahead in the 10th minute of added time when, with Schar down, Paqueta was allowed to take a quick free-kick to Bowen, who fed Mohammed Kudus to fire past Dubravka amid furious protests from the home side.

Lukasz Fabianski replaced Areola before the restart and saw his side extend their advantage within three minutes when, after Thomas Soucek had got his head to Murphy's corner, Kudus evaded Schar's lunge and squared for Bowen to race from halfway and beat Dubravka despite Gordon's valiant efforts to get back.

Fabianski easily claimed Guimaraes clipped shot and both Isak and Sean Longstaff stabbed horribly wide as the home side sought a way back into the game before the keeper denied Barnes. 

Bruno Guimaraes came close to finding the back of the net in the 52nd minute but hit the bar

Mohammed Kudus was less than impressed when one of Saturday's ball-boys refused to give up his stool to allow him to do his 'take a seat celebration'

Kudus scored West Ham 's second goal of the game against Newcastle on Saturday afternoon and looked to celebrate by taking a seat on the ball-boy's chair but he refused 

Kudus looked confused by the child's reaction and continued to point at the stool before his team-mates lifted him up onto the advertising board

Jarrod Bowen scored his 19th goal of the season to make it 3-1 before losing 4-3

Anthony Gordon picked up a red card before the final whistle went on Saturday afternoon

However, Newcastle were awarded a second penalty after a VAR check on substitute Kalvin Phillips' challenge on Gordon and Isak sent Fabianski the wrong way with an identical spot-kick to give his side hope with 13 minutes remaining.

They were level within six minutes when the Sweden international played Barnes through and he fired between Fabianski's legs, and there was more to come in the final minute of normal time when Gordon, who was later dismissed after kicking the ball away, fed Barnes and he stepped inside before drilling an unstoppable shot beyond Fabianski's despairing dive.

David Moyes said: 'We were playing against a good Newcastle team who have a lot of good attacking players and that showed in the second half.'

“We have a lot of good attacking players to but when it came to the defending, things fell apart a little bit. 

Both teams might say that but certainly we fell apart more than they did.”

On the second penalty, the Hammers manager said: 'I think the boy [Anthony Gordon] kicked Kalvin Phillips if you want to llok at it that way. He put his foot in front of Kalvin’s and stopped him kicking the ball. 

'I don’t see how that’s really a penalty kick but there you go, it was given. 

'It was very similar to the first one in some ways. Those were close decisions, tough decisions that didn’t fall in our favour. 

'I think the referee played a huge part in today’s result, I really do.'