Kevin Nolan slams Konstantinos Mavropanos and Mads Hermansen after what he saw in Newcastle vs West Ham

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Kevin Nolan slams Mads Hermansen and Konstantinos Mavropanos for William Osula’s first goal

Nolan was not pleased with the decision-making of Hermansen as well as Mavropanos for the first goal Osula scored.

The Newcastle forward added another in the second half as well, but the former Hammers midfielder singled out his first as an example of what the visitors should not do.

He did not like the fact that Mavropanos dropped so deep, as it allowed the Magpies players to occupy space in the final third.

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In his view, the Greek defender should be pushing up and sticking with the players to make it tough for them to find an opening and create a goal-scoring chance.

Also, when Osula looked through on goal, Nolan wanted Hermansen to rush towards him and make the angle more complicated to score.

He told Premier League Productions: “Decision making of Mavropanos, dropping so deep and then decision making of Hermansen, not rushing to the ball, really poor from West Ham. Newcastle really cut through them.”

What could West Ham change against Leeds United?

If Spurs lose to Chelsea, West Ham still will have something to play for in the game against Leeds United.

Nuno knows that even if his side wins, they need to rely on Tottenham losing, and the odds are firmly stacked against them.

However, he is likely to take the shackles off his players and deploy an attacking system that will see West Ham attacking from minute one.

It could be their final Premier League game for a year, so it is important that they throw caution to the wind.

Taty Castellanos could come back into the starting eleven, while Jean Clair-Todibo may be dropped after his disappointing 25 minutes from the start.

Nuno could even start Kyle Walker-Peters to offer his side more attacking impetus from the wings.