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Tough: Newcastle and Brighton ready for battle
Newcastle and Brighton meet on Thursday at 8.30pm with both spanne dreaming of Champions League football.
Hosts Newcastle are in pole position to reach that goal, with coach Eddie Howe’s Magpies third on the log with 66 points from 35 games, while the sixth-placed Seagulls are six points off with a game in hand.
With Manchester United (66 from 35) and Liverpool (65 from 36) ready to take advantage of any slip-up, the game is high stakes and Howe says: “I’m well aware of the importance of every game.
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“We’re running out of games, there’s three games left in the competition for top four.
“I think it's going to be a really tough assignment for us but one, at home, that we’re not fearful of and hopefully we’ll take a big step forward.”
Buoyed by their 3-0 pak slae of Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, Brighton ace Danny Welbeck is revved up for the trip to Tyneside.
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He says: “As a group we’ve got a great mentality.
“We’re now thinking about a big game at St James’ Park on Thursday. so let’s go.”
But coach Roberto De Zerbi has warned his manne not to get carried away, having followed up their 4 May 1-0 win over Manchester United with a shock 5-0 collapse against Everton last Monday.
The Italian says: “We have to forget we won at Arsenal otherwise we will lose 100 percent to Newcastle.
“We have another four tough games left and we have to fight to reach our target.”