It was a seven-goal thriller in Newcastle today as the Magpies mounted a sensational comeback to overcome West ham 4-3 at the death.
Despite the seven goals and Newcastle giving their fans a day to remember for the ages, it was their ballboy who made the day, putting a blunt end to West ham star Kudus' attempts to jig up his traditional celebration in Newcastle.
Kudus scored one of West ham's three goals, putting them 2-1 up just before the break, but it was his post-goal antics which garnered all the attention.
While Kudus' famous celebration is to sit on the advertising hoarding with his arm crossed, he took a liking to the Ballboy's chair this afternoon, trying to commandeer it for use in his celebrations.
Unsurprisingly, Necasltle's ballboy had other ideas and was having absolutely none of Kudus' efforts to take his seat, with a disappointed Kudus being pulled away to the hoardings by his teammates in a hilarious exchange.
Mohammed Kudus really wanted to celebrate on the ball boy’s stall 😅🤝 pic.twitter.com/4LlkjVhPWW
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In fairness to Kudus the clip does show him clearing things up with the youngster and both seemed to go away happy in the end. Even if the ballboy got the last laugh in the end.
Newcastle mount sensational comeback against West ham
It was Newcastle who struck first with a sixth-minute penalty, the opening seventy minutes belonged solely to West ham. Clever work exploiting the offside trap saw both Antonio and Kudus bag first-half goals to send them in at the break 2-1 up.
With momentum all theirs, they came out of the traps flying in the second half, exploiting the offside trap a third time to put themselves 3-1 up and seemingly kill the game.
While Newcastle, who had lost both their captain and his replacement to injury seemed out of contention with fifteen minutes to play, they mounted a three-goal comeback to send West Ham home with nothing to show for their three goals.
It was a 77th-minute goal penalty courtesy of Alexander Isak that closed the gap to two before a Harvey Barnes masterclass earned the Magpies three points. He drew the sides level just five minutes after the penalty before he scored a 90th-minute screamer from outside the box to make it 4-3 and send the home crowd mental.
There's no doubt about it, Newcastle's ballboy definitely got the last laugh over Kudus as he was treated to a pitchside view of West Ham's dismantling.
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