Magpies eye European football

BOBBY ROBSON has challenged his Newcastle side to pick up three victories and a draw from their remaining five Premiership games to clinch their place in the Champions League.

The Magpies’ lingering hopes of snatching the title from Manchester United and Arsenal were brushed aside in devastating style at St James’ Park last weekend as the men from Old Trafford plundered six goals in a powerful exhibition.

Robson’s troops returned to work this week still licking their wounds, but after a thorough debriefing yesterday, the 70-year-old has ordered them to put their black day behind them and concentrate on the task of ensuring that European football once again comes to Tyneside next season.