Newcastle United and Manchester United both strengthened their case for a place in next season's Champions League with important wins in the Premier League on Wednesday night.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Callum Wilson scored twice as Newcastle produced a convincing 5-1 win away to West Ham United, a result which keeps West Ham deep in a battle against relegation and could put coach David Moyes' job at risk, reports Xinhua.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Wilson headed Newcastle ahead following a set piece in the sixth minute of the game and Joelington made it 2-0 just seven minutes later after breaking the West Ham offside trap.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kurt Zouma scored an easy header to get West Ham back into the game five minutes from halftime after Newcastle keeper Nick Pope missed a corner, but comedic defending in the first minute of the second half allowed Wilson to score an easy second.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Substitute Alexander Isak added a fourth in the 82nd minute after a poor mistake from Lucas Fabianski, who rushed out of his area, but failed to control a through ball and Joelington scored his second in the last minute.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Marcus Rashford's instinctive finish after Brentford failed to clear a 27th minute corner, saw Manchester United bounce back from their defeat to Newcastle last weekend with a 1-0 win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The results leave both sides on 53 points after 28 matches, three points more than fifth place Tottenham, who have played 29 games and have a tough match against Brighton on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Marcus Rashford's instinctive finish after Brentford failed to clear a 27th minute corner, saw Manchester United bounce back from their defeat to Newcastle last weekend with a 1-0 win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n