Manuel Pellegrini's West Ham were forced to come from behind before recording their third successive Premier League victory.
Marko Arnautovic has been ruled out until the new year after picking up a hamstring against Cardiff last night.
A game of two halves, moaned Cardiff fans after they watched Neil Warnock's side capitulate at the beginning of the second half. For those thoughts and more, enjoy your latest edition of the OV...
Manuel Pellegrini was naturally delighted with the three points and back-to-back wins, although he maintained that West Ham's defeat of Cardiff had been a "strange game".
West Ham recorded back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time since January 2017 when overcoming struggling Cardiff City in Stratford tonight.
Declan Rice believes that West Ham have the opportunity to take a maximum nine points from nine out of this week's three Premier League fixtures.
The Bigg Market was a slightly more sombre place to be on Saturday night after Newcastle were given a footballing lesson by Manuel Pellegrini's revitalised West Ham.
Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez admitted that West Ham's attacking players made the difference against his side at St James' Park this afternoon.
A Javier Hernandez brace and another goal for Felipe Anderson secured West Ham's fourth win of the season at St James' Park this afternoon.
Manuel Pellegrini has told Reece Oxford that he should be playing first team football at the current stage of his career.