Newcastle manager Bruce hopes fans coming around after defeating West Ham

Football
3 Nov 2019 • 7:19 AM MYT
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Newcastle United manager Steve Bruce hopes he's winning over fans after their 3-2 victory at West Ham United.

The Hammers were caught out in the first-half by two headers as Ciaran Clark and Federico Fernandez gave Newcastle a 2-0 lead before half-time. Jonjo Shelvey added a third after the break before the Hammers fought back.

"It could have been slightly better and a little more easier, the first half in particular was the best we've played since I've been at the club," Bruce told BBC Match of the Day.

"We looked rock solid and on the counter we looked very dangerous, but if we're going to be ultra critical we have to take the chances we got and if we had taken them we would have got four or five."

On the response of the travelling fans at the final whistle, he added: "I'm going to try and enjoy it and hopefully in time, with results, they will get behind me as much as they did Rafa. That would be nice."