Larsson came so close to joining Newcastle in the January transfer window but decided to stay at St Andrews with the prospect of the League Cup final just weeks away.
The chance to play at Wembley swayed his opinion, but the Swedish star is set to depart in the summer on a Bosman free transfer having failed to agree a contract extension, and Newcastle are still in the hunt.
Sebastian Larsson: "We're not thinking that way, that we're safe.
"But I am extremely confident about what we are going to do for the rest of the season and that we will get the points we still need. I don't think we're going to go down.
"But we can't count ourselves safe, not at all. We're not going to be relaxed, we're going to keep going and work hard to pick up the points we need.
"We've got a bit of a lead, there are a few teams below us, and only three games left now.
"We hoped we would have beaten Wolves and that would have been it.
"But it's one game less, we've picked up another point and we should be fine if we keep working hard, we shouldn't be in any trouble."
REMAINING PREMIERSHIP FIXTURES
Saturday 07th May 2011
Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic 15:00
Bolton Wanderers v Sunderland 15:00
Everton v Manchester City 15:00
Newcastle United v Birmingham City 15:00
West Ham United v Blackburn Rovers 15:00
Tottenham Hotspur v Blackpool 17:30
Sunday 08th May 2011
Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Bromwich Albion 12:00
Stoke City v Arsenal 14:05
Manchester United v Chelsea 16:10
Monday 09th May 2011
Fulham v Liverpool 20:00
Tuesday 10th May 2011
Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur 19:45
Saturday 14th May 2011
Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United 12:45
Blackpool v Bolton Wanderers 12:45
Sunderland v Wolverhampton Wanderers 12:45
West Bromwich Albion v Everton 12:45
Manchester City v Stoke City 15:00
Sunday 15th May 2011
Chelsea v Newcastle United 13:30
Arsenal v Aston Villa 16:00
Birmingham City v Fulham 16:00
Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur 16:00
Wigan Athletic v West Ham United 16:00
Tuesday 17th May 2011
Manchester City v Stoke City 19:45
Sunday 22nd May 2011
Aston Villa v Liverpool 16:00
Bolton Wanderers v Manchester City 16:00
Everton v Chelsea 16:00
Fulham v Arsenal 16:00
Manchester United v Blackpool 16:00
Newcastle United v West Bromwich Albion 16:00
Stoke City v Wigan Athletic 16:00
Tottenham Hotspur v Birmingham City 16:00
West Ham United v Sunderland 16:00
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Blackburn Rovers 16:00
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The last time Birmigham came to St James' Park ...
2007/8 Newcastle 2 Birmingham 1
NEWCASTLE UNITED: Given, Beye, Taylor, Rozehnal, N'Zogbia, Milner, Barton, Butt (Viduka 31), Geremi (Emre 72), Martins (Jose Enrique 90), Smith.
Subs Not Used: Harper, Edgar.
BIRMINGHAM CITY: Taylor, Kelly, Schmitz, Ridgewell, Sadler, De Ridder (Forssell 76), Larsson, Nafti, Muamba, McSheffrey (Kapo 62), Jerome.
Subs Not Used: Doyle, O'Connor, Parnaby.
Att: 49,948
Habib Beye chose the perfect moment to claim his first Newcastle goal as the Magpies struck at the death to end their seven-game wait for a Barclays Premier League win.
The Senegal international headed substitute Emre's 90th-minute corner past Maik Taylor to snatch all three points as the Magpies completed a gritty fightback.
Cameron Jerome had given the visitors a shock lead when he made the most of yet more schoolboy defending from the Magpies to round Shay Given and score with just nine minutes gone.
Sam Allardyce's men took their time to get going, but they levelled on 36 minutes when Obafemi Martins converted a penalty after being tripped by Mathew Sadler.
James Milner rattled the crossbar four minutes before the break as Newcastle threatened to overwhelm the visitors.
However, Taylor twice saved from Martins, the second six minutes from time, and once from Milner, and the home side had to wait until the dying seconds to take all three points.
The win will have come as a huge relief to Allardyce, whose side had not won since they beat Tottenham on October 22, and to the bulk of a crowd of 49,948 on a bitter afternoon on Tyneside.
Having halted their recent slide with a more than creditable draw with league leaders Arsenal on Wednesday evening, the Magpies ran out determined to build upon that platform.
The did so knowing they would face a different challenge to the one presented by Arsene Wenger's technically adept outfit with City setting up in a 4-5-1 formation in an attempt to tie down the game in midfield.
But barely before they had broken sweat, they found themselves trailing once again, and where it had been the brilliance of Emmanuel Adebayor which had hurt them in midweek, this time it was their own defensive inadequacies which did the damage.
Defender Rafael Schmitz's long ball forward was little more than hopeful, but David Rozehnal allowed Jerome to outstrip him before rounding keeper Given and shooting into the empty net.
The hosts were unfortunate not to be back on terms on 27 minutes when Martins met Charles N'Zogbia's dipping free-kick just two yards out, but saw Taylor pull off a fine reaction save.
Nicky Butt's departure through injury 14 minutes before the break brought Mark Viduka on to the field, and his side finally broke through five minutes later.
Martins set off to chase a loose ball inside the penalty area and was tripped by the prone Mathew Sadler, and referee Rob Styles pointed straight to the spot.
The Nigeria international stroked the ball low to Taylor's left, and although the keeper got a hand to it, it went in off the post to level the scores.
Jerome saw a shot on the turn saved by Given on 39 minutes as City briefly rallied, but it was the Magpies who finished the half with the wind in their sails.
Taylor had to tip a close range Milner effort over the bar in the 41st minute - but the goalkeeper needed the assistance of the woodwork seconds later when the England Under-21 international shot from 20 yards.
Midfielder Fabrice Muamba drilled a right-foot shot just over from 25 yards and then Sebastian Larsson fired just wide after being set up by Jerome.
Given had to save smartly at his near post from Liam Ridgewell as he flicked Larsson's corner towards goal, before Milner whistled a right-foot shot across goal in the 56th minute.
Newcastle were belatedly starting to find their feet once again with Martins troubling the City defence with his pace, although no-one was able to take advantage of N'Zogbia's inviting 66th-minute cross.
Alan Smith fired wide from a tight angle on 71 minutes and with Emre joining the fray as a replacement for Geremi seconds later, the Magpies launched their final push.
Viduka headed well wide from an N'Zogbia free-kick eight minutes later and Martins forced a save from Taylor two minutes later - but the drama came at the death.
Emre saw strong appeals for a second penalty for handball by Larsson waved away a minute from time, but regained his composure to curl a corner to the near post for Beye to score.
TOON v BRUM - THE HISTORY ...
2010/2011 Tue 15 Feb Birmingham C. 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premier League 2007/2008 Mon 17 Mar Birmingham C. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League
Sat 08 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Birmingham C. Premier League
2006/2007 Wed 17 Jan Newcastle Utd. 1 - 5 Birmingham C. F.A. Cup
Sat 06 Jan Birmingham C. 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup
2005/2006 Sat 29 Apr Birmingham C. 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 05 Nov Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Birmingham C. Premiership
2004/2005 Sat 01 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Birmingham C. Premiership
Sun 03 Oct Birmingham C. 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
2003/2004 Sat 31 Jan Birmingham C. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 30 Aug Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Birmingham C. Premiership
2002/2003 Sat 03 May Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Birmingham C. Premiership
Sat 28 Sep Birmingham C. 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
2000/2001 Wed 29 Nov Birmingham C. 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. League Cup
1999/2000 Tue 12 Oct Birmingham C. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. League Cup
1992/1993 Sun 28 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Birmingham C. League Division One
Wed 04 Nov Birmingham C. 2 - 3 Newcastle Utd. League Division One
1985/1986 Sat 12 Apr Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Birmingham C. First Division
Sat 09 Nov Birmingham C. 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1979/1980 Wed 20 Feb Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Birmingham C. Second Division
Sat 29 Sep Birmingham C. 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1977/1978 Wed 15 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Birmingham C. First Division
Sat 17 Sep Birmingham C. 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1976/1977 Sat 02 Apr Birmingham C. 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 23 Oct Newcastle Utd. 3 - 2 Birmingham C. First Division
1975/1976 Wed 07 Apr Newcastle Utd. 4 - 0 Birmingham C. First Division
Tue 23 Sep Birmingham C. 3 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1974/1975 Sat 26 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Birmingham C. First Division
Sat 19 Oct Birmingham C. 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1973/1974 Sat 20 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Birmingham C. First Division
Sat 08 Dec Birmingham C. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Wed 07 Nov Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Birmingham C. League Cup
Tue 30 Oct Birmingham C. 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. League Cup
1972/1973 Sat 11 Nov Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Birmingham C. First Division
Tue 15 Aug Birmingham C. 3 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1960/1961 Mon 26 Dec Birmingham C. 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 24 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Birmingham C. First Division
1959/1960 Wed 02 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Birmingham C. First Division
Wed 26 Aug Birmingham C. 4 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1958/1959 Wed 29 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Birmingham C. First Division
Sat 15 Nov Birmingham C. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1957/1958 Sat 11 Jan Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Birmingham C. First Division
Sat 07 Sep Birmingham C. 1 - 4 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1956/1957 Tue 01 Jan Newcastle Utd. 3 - 2 Birmingham C. First Division
Wed 05 Sep Birmingham C. 6 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1955/1956 Wed 31 Aug Birmingham C. 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Wed 24 Aug Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Birmingham C. First Division
1949/1950 Sat 01 Apr Birmingham C. 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 12 Nov Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Birmingham C. First Division
1948/1949 Mon 27 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Birmingham C. First Division
Sat 25 Dec Birmingham C. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1947/1948 Wed 17 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Birmingham C. Second Division
Wed 10 Sep Birmingham C. 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1946/1947 Mon 07 Apr Birmingham C. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Fri 04 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Birmingham C. Second Division
1933/1934 Sat 03 Feb Birmingham 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 23 Sep Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Birmingham First Division
1932/1933 Tue 27 Dec Birmingham 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Mon 26 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Birmingham First Division
1931/1932 Sat 07 May Newcastle Utd. 0 - 3 Birmingham First Division
Wed 02 Sep Birmingham 4 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1930/1931 Wed 17 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Birmingham First Division
Wed 10 Sep Birmingham 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1929/1930 Wed 02 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Birmingham First Division
Sat 21 Sep Birmingham 5 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1928/1929 Sat 30 Mar Birmingham 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 17 Nov Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Birmingham First Division
1927/1928 Tue 10 Apr Birmingham 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Mon 02 Jan Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Birmingham First Division
1926/1927 Sat 09 Apr Birmingham 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 20 Nov Newcastle Utd. 5 - 1 Birmingham First Division
1925/1926 Sat 13 Mar Birmingham 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 31 Oct Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Birmingham First Division
1924/1925 Sat 28 Mar Birmingham 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 22 Nov Newcastle Utd. 4 - 0 Birmingham First Division
1923/1924 Wed 09 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Birmingham First Division
Sat 05 Apr Birmingham 4 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1922/1923 Wed 06 Sep Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Birmingham First Division
Mon 28 Aug Birmingham 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1921/1922 Wed 08 Feb Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Birmingham First Division
Sat 21 Jan Birmingham 0 - 4 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1907/1908 Sat 21 Mar Birmingham 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 23 Nov Newcastle Utd. 8 - 0 Birmingham First Division
1906/1907 Sat 05 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Birmingham First Division
Sat 08 Sep Birmingham 2 - 4 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1905/1906 Wed 14 Mar Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Birmingham F.A. Cup
Sat 10 Mar Birmingham 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup
Sat 06 Jan Birmingham 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 09 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Birmingham First Division
1904/1905 Sat 21 Jan Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Small Heath First Division
Sat 24 Sep Small Heath 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1903/1904 Sat 09 Jan Small Heath 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 12 Sep Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Small Heath First Division
1901/1902 Sat 01 Feb Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Small Heath First Division
Sat 05 Oct Small Heath 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1897/1898 Tue 12 Apr Small Heath 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Sat 27 Nov Newcastle Utd. 4 - 0 Small Heath Second Division
1896/1897 Sat 12 Sep Newcastle Utd. 4 - 3 Small Heath Second Division
Sat 05 Sep Small Heath 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1893/1894 Sat 16 Dec Small Heath 1 - 4 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Sat 28 Oct Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Small Heath Second Division