Newcastle supervisor Eddie Howe has known as on his gamers to rise to the problem of upper expectations after a poor begin to the season.
The Magpies have misplaced three of their opening 4 Premier League video games after ending fourth final season to return to the Champions League for the primary time in 20 years.
Newcastle will attempt to get again on monitor when it hosts Brentford on Saturday earlier than its European journey begins with a visit to AC Milan on Tuesday.
“We’ve got to return to our highest level of performance and I think if we do then I back us to get the job done,” mentioned Howe, whose aspect have suffered consecutive defeats to Manchester City, Liverpool and Brighton.
“The challenges aren’t going to go away this year, all through pre-season we had tough fixtures and tough fixtures at the start of the season.
“But with the competitions we’re in there are no easy games, so we have to respond and we have to grow to the challenge.”
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Questions have been requested over whether or not Howe’s males will be capable to deal with the rigours of a Champions League group that additionally options Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dortmund, in addition to competing on the high of the Premier League.
But the supervisor believes the power of the English high flight means his aspect are well-prepared to tackle the perfect in Europe.
“I don’t see it being a huge difference to be honest — you’re preparing against teams that are from Europe rather than England, (but) for me the Premier League is the best league in the world,” he mentioned on Friday.
“I think for loads of different reasons the Premier League is an unbelievable league and I love being in it, but now we’re going to Europe, it’s a different competition and different challenges but it’s still football.
“It’s adapting to the period with the intensity of the games, recovery periods, training being different — the actual game itself is the same.”
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com