Manager hopes side push on for Champions League placeHome form ‘scratchy’ as Brentford visit on Wednesday
Eddie Howe has challenged his Newcastle players to prove they are not merely a cup team by overcoming their sometimes self-destructive inconsistency and qualifying for the Champions League.
Howe’s side have always been capable of beating anyone on their day – highlighted as they overcame Liverpool at Wembley to lift the Carabao Cup last month – but their capacity for off days threatens the club’s ambition of the top-five finish that would almost certainly secure admission to Europe’s showpiece competition.
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