WE TRIPPED UP BUT THERE’S NO TIME FOR SELF-PITY

BY KIERAN TRIPPIER has warned Newcastle that they will only suffer MORE pain if they start to feel sorry for themselves.

Toon boss Eddie Howe has had to play the same 10 outfield players for four successive games after being hamstrung by a crippling casualty list – and his team conceded three times in the last 11 minutes when beaten by Everton on Thursday night.

Now they travel to meet a Tottenham side that hasn’t won for five matches after an impressive start to the season. And former Spurs favourite Trippier, who was at fault for two of Everton’s goals at Goodison, has called on his team-mates to dig deep now – or suffer the consequences.

Trippier (left) said: “It’s been a tough few weeks – and it isn’t going to get any easier with Spurs away and then

AC Milan in the Champions League. But it is what it is. We have to forget the Everton game and concentrate on what’s ahead of us. “It’s no good feeling sorry for ourselves, we have to dig in and do what we’ve been doing for most of the season. “We’ve had disappointments at the start of the campaign and we’ve bounced back from them in the right way.

“Now we have to do it again. It wasn’t a good game for me personally against Everton but I’ll learn from it and move on.

“Spurs are going through a bit of a tough spell and it’s always a tough game down there – this one will be even harder because they’ve got their own extra reasons now to want to win.

“The manager and the coaching staff will prepare us the best they can and then it’s up to us to deliver. No excuses.”