We’ll chat them through presently, but Mikel Areteta is talking to Sky. He’s really happy Gabriel is fully fit, calling him an important player, and his gameplan means he’s gone for Jorginho not Thomas Partey – noting that every time he has to pick a team it’s difficult. He always adapts to what the opposition do, so has planned for Newcastle in terms of what he’s asking his defenders to do, and is really pleased with Aaron Ramsdale’s growing maturity, saying he reads the game much better than before. His players have been at it for 10 months now and, though the aim was top four, they now need to “keep digging”. He’s spoken to his players about their capitulation at SJP last term, saying “football is full of opportunities and they have a beautiful one”.

Newcastle United: (a potential 4-2-3-1): Pope; Trippier, Botman, Schar, Burn; Joelinton, Willock; Murphy, Guimaraes, Isak; Wilson. Subs: Dubravka, Dummett, Gordon, Saint-Maximin, Lewis, Targett, Manquillo, Almiron, Anderson.

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