Eddie Howe has urged his Newcastle United stars to quickly move on from their 3-0 defeat against Aston Villa.
The Magpies suffered their heaviest defeat of the season at Villa Park as Unai Emery's side became only the third team to inflict defeat on Newcastle in the Premier League. Howe insisted he was already looking ahead to next Sunday's encounter with Tottenham Hotspur at St James' Park.
Speaking in his Press conference after the game with Aston Villa, Howe said: "We were off our best levels today, right from the start. "Aston Villa are a good team and we never got going. "We've been consistently excellent this season, today is the first dip we've had; it can happen and we have to react."
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United were then thrown an unexpected favour by Howe's old club as AFC Bournemouth pulled off a shock win against Tottenham with the Cherries scoring a winning goal in stoppage time. This maintained United's three-point lead over the London crisis club.
Howe is now eyeing a win over Spurs to increase that advantage in the table next weekend. He said: "We were just off it in every respect (against Villa). "We've got a massive game next week.
"I'm not really looking for positives, I'm looking for a response."
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