Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes scored the only goal in a 1-0 win at West Ham United on Monday that lifted his side to sixth place in the Premier League.

The Brazilian latched on to Harvey Barnes' pass from close range in the 63rd minute and it was enough to secure the points.

It was an impressive display from Newcastle, who will now turn their attention to Sunday's League Cup final against Liverpool at Wembley.

"It was a massive win, we want to fight for Champions League again," Guimarães told Sky Sports. "[The final] has been a little bit of a distraction to be honest. Impossible for the players not to think about the final and we want to make history and be part of it."

Newcastle have 47 points from 28 games, level with Manchester City and two points behind fourth-placed Chelsea. West Ham remain 16th on 33 points.

West Ham were in search of a third successive league win but were disappointing, finding the back of the net only a handful of times as they remained 16th on 33 points.

Barnes was Newcastle's main threat in the first half, spurning a good chance and then forcing Alphonse Areola into a fine reflex save from close range.

He had a hand in Newcastle's winner when his clever cross found Guimaraes, who stretched out his leg to divert the ball into the net, although there were suspicions that United striker Alexander Isak had pushed Max Kilman in the back as the ball crossed the line.

"It's two hands on the back. It's a push. You can see from Isak's non celebration he thinks it's a push. Clear for us but I'm not VAR," West Ham manager Graham Potter said.

Having gone in front, Newcastle barely mustered another attack but were disciplined at the back against a West Ham side who huffed and puffed but offered little threat.

"We just need to carry on improving our attacking play. It's not easy to do it at mid-season but I'm pretty confident we can turn it around," Potter added.