Will Osula scored twice as Newcastle United claimed a vital 3-1 victory over West Ham United at St James' Park on Sunday.
The Danish striker struck either side of half-time after record signing Nick Woltemade had given the Magpies an early lead with his first league goal since December.
Substitute Taty Castellanos reduced the deficit with an eye-catching finish to spark a late rally during which he hit the crossbar, but ultimately it counted for little as Newcastle ran out comfortable winners.
Match Details
The hosts eased themselves into the game with Sandro Tonali, Bruno Guimarães and Jacob Ramsey seeing plenty of the ball in midfield, and Osula mustered the game's first real attempt with an 11th-minute shot which was deflected wide.
They took the lead with 15 minutes gone when, after Harvey Barnes had intercepted goalkeeper Mads Hermansen's pass to defender Jean-Clair Todibo, he made ground and crossed for Woltemade to side-foot home.
It was 2-0 within four minutes as Trippier, Barnes, Guimaraes and Ramsey combined delightfully to play Osula through, and he out-paced defender Axel Disasi before firing past the advancing Hermansen.
Newcastle repeatedly cut through a porous West Ham defence, and they added a third with 25 minutes remaining when Joe Willock robbed fellow substitute Pablo and exchanged passes with Osula before crossing for the striker to score his second of the game.
Taty's spectacular first-time finish as he latched onto Hermansen's clearance four minutes later gave the Londoners faint hope and he then clipped the crossbar with the Magpies sleeping, but there was no way back.
Relegation Battle
Defeat means the Hammers will be relegated on Tuesday if Tottenham win at Chelsea. A draw at Stamford Bridge would effectively send them down because of their significantly inferior goal difference.
Even if Spurs lost at Stamford Bridge, Nuno Espirito Santo's men would need to beat Leeds at home and hope that their neighbours lose to Everton on their own pitch to stay up.
The Toon Army paid tribute to Kieran Trippier on his final appearance at St James' Park.