Eddie Howe urges Newcastle use Sunderland win as springboard into second half of season

Eddie Howe urged Newcastle to build on FA Cup success over Sunderland.Source: PA

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00:00 Any professional display of the day from your team to this club?

00:09 Hopefully, I think that's how we have to look at it.

00:13 Naturally when you don't win for a period of time, confidence can be affected.

00:17 Our players are the same as any others.

00:20 Today we did well, we've not just won the game but we've performed well,

00:24 we've scored goals, we've kept a clean sheet, so all round it's a very good day.

00:28 Yeah, we'd love that. I think, as you say, the third round has not been kind to us

00:32 the last couple of years, two difficult moments for us,

00:35 but as I said yesterday or the day before in the build-up to the game,

00:40 those moments actually helped us grow.

00:44 Now we stand here and we know we needed to win today, so delighted to do that.

00:48 And yes, we'd love a run in the FA Cup, it's an important competition now for us.

00:52 I don't think it was too dissimilar to Milan and PSG and other places we've been this year,

00:59 so I think those experiences probably helped us.

01:01 helped us.