Newcastle captain Kevin Nolan is hoping for a positive result against Everton in the Premier League.
Magpies midfielder hopes for sweet return home
Newcastle captain Kevin Nolan is hoping for a positive result against Everton in the Premier League at the weekend.
The Magpies travel to Goodison Park on Saturday looking to bounce back from their disappointing defeat to Blackpool last time out, and Nolan will be returning to his home town.
The Toffees picked up a remarkable point against Manchester United last Saturday, and Nolan, a lifelong Liverpool fan, knows it will be a difficult afternoon on Merseyside.
"They had a good result against Manchester United," he told the
Newcastle Chronicle.
"We're not getting carried away by the Blackpool result, and we didn't get carried away by the Aston Villa result.
"We just need to go there and put in the performance we know we can."
Following a sublime 6-0 demolition of Aston Villa earlier in the campaign, the Magpies have stuttered slightly but Nolan insists survival is the key this term.
"We've always said we're in this league to do one thing, and that's to remain in it," he added.
Priority
"We couldn't all of a sudden think we were going to do this and that, and reach Europe, but as a squad our main priority focus is to stay in the Premier League.
"When you do that, that gives you enough money to bring in new players and you build and build.
"That's what you do, you slowly build this club up.
"It can go to amazing heights. It can be done fast - it's got to be done slow.
"We've lost our first home game in more than a year, but we're not going to get carried away with it.
"We're hurting, but, hopefully, we'll show in the coming weeks we've learnt from it."
