Rafa Happy With 3 Against 2

Last updated : 29 November 2018 By Footy Mad - Editor

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Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez, talking to BBC Sport: "Every game for us is like a final. Winning is massive because it gives us more confidence. There is still a long race ahead but we are doing well and hopefully we can continue that.

"We needed to win and to perform well. The players did it and were amazing in terms of effort, organisation and team spirit.

"We were working in the week trying to manage Burnley's two big centre-forwards and the players did really well.

"The main thing for us is to make sure we can get something out of these games. We have confidence now and the players will continue pushing and working hard.

"The main thing was the effort of the players. We had an idea of how to play, we knew crosses would come from everywhere, we defended well, our effort and attitude was great.

"We stuck to the gameplan. We suffered a bit at the end but we could have scored a third goal."

On playing three centre-backs: "We had (left-back) Paul Dummett injured so we had to change something. The idea was to play with three centre backs against two big strikers and it worked really well.

"Our defenders did well because the strikers are big and then they put another big lad up front."

On his side's goals coming from corners: "We knew we could play short because they were deep and we had time to get in the cross."