Sunderland losing the League Cup final suddenly gave Newcastle an extra place to fight for European qualification.
If the Mackems had beaten Man City, they would have qualified for Europe, and 5th place would have been all we had left to aim for.
But now 6th place will be enough to get us into the Europa League.
Shola Ameobi: “We still believe we can do it.
“As players you look and see there is still 27 points to play for. That’s a lot of points and way more than enough to get us into Europe.
“We’re still fighting even though Southampton have gone ahead of us but we play the next two games at home (Crystal Palace and Everton) and they will be vital come the end of the season as to where we finish.
“As disappointed as we are with the Fulham result we have to move on and hopefully use those next two home games to really push up the table and hopefully finish in a European position, which is our ambition as a club.
“We’ve got Everton, Manchester United and Southampton to play and whatever happens in those games will probably determine how well we do, but every game is huge now.
“Your fortunes rest on the last ten games of the season for me and it’s important you continue to carry the momentum we’ve had throughout the season.
“We don’t want the season to peter out, we really want to push ourselves as players.
"Set backs are always going to happen, but it’s how you react to them and we have to make sure we react quickly to this defeat.”