Alan Pardew slams Sam Allardyce's 'prehistoric comments' as Benitez moves onto next game

Rafael Benitez has told his Newcastle players not to waste time looking at the Barclays Premier League table despite climbing out of the relegation zone.

Saturday's hard-fought 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace coupled with Sunderland's 1-1 draw at Stoke edged the Magpies into 17th place ahead of Norwich's evening trip to Arsenal and gave them genuine hope of survival.