West Ham slumped to a second straight defeat in pre-season as they lost 1-0 to Newcastle in the Asia Trophy.
The Hammers started their Asia Trophy campaign with a 4-1 defeat to Premier League champions Manchester City in the sem-final – with Raheem Sterling (2), David Silva and Lucas Nmecha scoring the goals for Pep Guardiola’s side.
Newcastle lost 4-0 to Wolves in their semi-final, setting up this third-placed play-off clash between the two sides.
West Ham struggled to find their feet in the game and Newcastle forward Yoshinori Muto scored the only goal of the match to win the game for Steve Bruce’s side.
Jamie Sterry whipped in an excellent cross from the right and Muto found himself unmarked in the six-yard box to find the bottom corner.
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