Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe has said his side were not where they "needed to be mentally" in their 3-1 defeat to West Ham on Sunday.

Despite an early opener from Jacob Murphy , Newcastle fell away at the London Stadium, going into half-time 2-1 down courtesy of a Lucas Paquetá strike and a Sven Botman own goal.

Things didn't get much better in the second for Howe's side as they struggled to create anything of note going forward and were eventually condemned to another league defeat by Tomás Soucek , who wrapped the game up for the home side late on.

"I don't think it looked like a Newcastle team that we've seen in recent seasons," Howe told a news conference.

"I think just the body language, the collective spirit on the pitch, loads of little things that contribute to ou

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