Eddie Howe Newcastle United pre-match press conference v Leicester City: Dominic Scurr reaction

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Dominic Scurr reflects on Eddie Howe's pre-match press conference ahead of Newcastle United's trip to Leicester City.

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00:00Hello everyone, I'm here outside the Newcastle United Media Centre

00:03where we've been speaking to Eddie Howe,

00:05head of Newcastle United's trip to Leicester City in the Premier League

00:09on Monday night, follows on from Newcastle's big 2-1 win against Brentford

00:15at St James' Park on Wednesday.

00:16It wasn't the prettiest game, wasn't the greatest game,

00:18but Newcastle got the job done, avoided a Carabao Cup hangover

00:22and have their sights on potential Champions League qualification

00:26with nine games left to go.

00:27Obviously, Chelsea's win against Tottenham last night

00:30moved Newcastle back down to sixth in the table.

00:33They'll have a potentially clearer picture by the time the play Leicester

00:37on Monday night, with the weekend's fixtures out the way.

00:40But in terms of Newcastle, team news,

00:43we saw Alexander Isak, Kieran Trippier go off against Brentford,

00:46Joe Linton also struggling with his knee.

00:49Eddie Howe said all those three players will be assessed over the next few days,

00:53but nothing serious in terms of the injuries they picked up.

00:59Alexander Isak just felt his groin before the Brentford game,

01:02but felt he was OK to continue, but could only get through about 65 minutes in the game.

01:08Kieran Trippier went off again with a groin issue in the closing stages

01:12and Joe Linton went down receiving treatment,

01:14but managed to get through the 90 minutes.

01:16And Eddie Howe said, knowing Joe Linton, he will say he's fine.

01:19So of all the players regarding injuries,

01:22Joe Linton certainly sounded the most positive.

01:25But sticking on injuries, Anthony Gordon is obviously back available

01:28following suspension, but picked up what Eddie Howe described as a really,

01:32really bad knock while on international duty with England.

01:37So still not training fully with the Newcastle squad yet.

01:40So he remains a big doubt for Monday night.

01:45But Eddie Howe did speak quite a bit about Harvey Barnes,

01:48who would be making his first return to Leicester City,

01:52having joined Newcastle from Leicester back in 2023 for around £38m.

01:57It's been an interesting spell at Newcastle for Harvey Barnes.

02:01He's had some great moments.

02:02You go back a year ago, those two goals against West Ham to complete the comeback.

02:07Incredible.

02:07But I think in Anthony Gordon's absence, he's been almost quietly effective,

02:11enjoying maybe his best run of games in the side, even though he hasn't necessarily scored.

02:17Although Eddie Howe did cheekily credit him with the assist for

02:21Sandro Tonali's strike against Brentford, which I mean, is technically true.

02:25But yeah, looking ahead to Leicester, these are the games Newcastle,

02:29I mean, Eddie Howe said every game is a must win.

02:31That's a cliche, as we know, and there are no easy games.

02:34But Leicester, they've lost the last seven without scoring at home.

02:39Leicester are 12 points adrift.

02:41Looking ahead, if Newcastle are serious about their Champions League ambitions,

02:44this is a game they absolutely have to win.

02:47And we'll have all the fallout from Eddie Howe's press conference

02:49and looking ahead to Leicester, as well as the game itself

02:53down at the King Power Stadium.

02:54From myself at Domsker on X, as well as the Shields Gazette website,

02:59shieldsgazette.com.

03:00So check that out.

03:02Thanks for watching.

03:03See you at Leicester.

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