Manchester City host Newcastle on Saturday in a match neither team can afford to lose.
Newcastle United arrive at the Etihad with for a clash with defending champions needing a boost; they have won only one of their last seven and are struggling for goals.
And then City’s neigbours United handed them a Cup final defeat.
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The poor run of form has four points behind fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur. But the Magpiesd o have two games in hand.
“In the league we have stalled a little bit. We have missed a couple of games and haven’t won the games that we wanted to so we need to reignite that,” Howe told the media.
“As much as we didn’t want it to be, the cup final was a big distraction for us. We want to attack everything and finish as high as we can.”
Defeat by Manchester United came on the back of a 2-0 loss to Liverpool. Newcastle are struggling against the big teams.
“We were bruised on Sunday and Monday, but very quickly it turned to Manchester City and return to work really,” he said.
“The passion and the motivation, I didn’t feel it could increase within me but I think it has.”
Phil Foden is in red-hot form, netting four goal contributions from City’s last two games and could lift his side once again.