Our no.39 believes there are no easy games in the Premier League, and thinks Steve Bruce’s side will arrive in M16 full of belief having beaten us at St James’ Park in early October.
“We’ve played against them already this season and we know it’ll be tough,” the central midfielder says in United Review, our official matchday programme.
“We know we’ve got a good team on paper but we know they’re not an easy team to play against, with the manager they’ve got now and some of the players they’ve got coming through.
“They’ve some experienced heads as well.