Brazilian magnifico Lucas Paqueta says he is ‘sad’ and West Ham must learn their lesson after the collapse against Newcastle.
West Ham are still reeling from the shocking surrender to Newcastle in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Hammers looked extremely dangerous in attack against a patched up Newcastle side.
And it was reflected in the scoreline as West Ham strode into a 3-1 lead.
Goals from Michail Antonio, Mohammed Kudus and Jarrod Bowen put David Moyes’ side on course for a vital win in the race for a European spot.
West Ham’s unprecedented meek surrender
It was orchestrated by that man Lucas Paqueta.
First he clipped a wonderful assist over the defence for Antonio before his quick-thinking and defence-splitting pass from a free-kick put Bowen in to tee up Kudus.
What happened next was unprecedented under the manager.
West Ham meekly surrendered three goals in the last 15 minutes following Antonio’s substitution for walking disaster Kalvin Phillips.
All Paqueta’s genius work was undone.
Now a ‘sad’ Paqueta has spoken out after the Newcastle collapse and says West Ham must learn their lesson.
‘We must learn’ says Brazilian magnifico
Taking to social media Paqueta also thanked fans for their support.
“Sad about the result, we played a good game and let the win slip away, learn from the mistakes to continue improving!” Paqueta said on Instagram alongside a heart, praying hands and Hammers emojis.
“Thank you for everyone’s support!
“Grateful to God always.”
Paqueta is right, West Ham do have to learn their lesson.
But they’ve been shipping goals all season long. In fact only the bottom three and Brentford (55) have shipped more goals than the 54 West Ham have conceded in the Premier League this season.
We described the Newcastle game as a real six-pointer in the race for Europe ahead of the clash.
And the Hammers had a great chance with Newcastle suffering a genuine injury crisis.
Hammers had golden opportunity to take big step to Europe
That crisis even worsened during the game with their captain Jamaal Lascelles and substitute Miguel Almiron both going off injured.
Victory would have put West Ham seven points clear of the Magpies in seventh. And Moyes’ side would have been just one point off Man United in sixth.
Now instead Newcastle are one point behind the Hammers with a game in hand. The gap to Man United is four points. And Europe is now looking like a tall order with West Ham still having to play Spurs, Liverpool, Chelsea and Man City in their last eight games.
But all can be forgiven for West Ham’s pathetic collapse with a win over bitter rivals Spurs.