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Kieran Trippier urges Newcastle to quickly refocus on their crunch tie against Tottenham in the race for Champions League football, insisting the Magpies must 'forget' their drubbing against Aston Villa

Kieran Trippier says Newcastle have to forget about Saturday's drubbing at Aston Villa and focus on next week's crunch clash with Tottenham.

The Magpies went down to their heaviest defeat of the season in a 3-0 loss at Villa Park, where they were uncharacteristically poor.

It was a blow to their Champions League qualification hopes but Spurs did not punish them, losing 3-2 at home to Bournemouth.

That sets up a huge clash at St James' Park next Sunday, where a Newcastle win would put them six points ahead of their north London opponents with a game in hand.