John McGinn has backed Newcastle United to bounce back from a 3-0 defeat against his Aston Villa side to qualify for the Champions League.
Newcastle's five-game winning run came to an end at Villa Park on Saturday following an uncharacteristically poor performance from the visitors. Newcastle were second best all over the park and the scoreline certainly did not flatter dominant Villa, who ran out comfortable winners after Jacob Ramsey's 11th-minute opener and a second-half double from man of the match Ollie Watkins.
However, as poor as Newcastle were, it was just the Magpies' fourth league defeat of the campaign and Eddie Howe's team remain three points clear of Spurs, with a game in hand, ahead of the Londoners travelling to St James' Park on Sunday. Both of these top four contenders will be looking to bounce back from painful defeats, after Spurs suffered a 3-2 loss against Bournemouth, but Cristian Stellini's fragile side won't exactly be relishing the prospect of a trip to a St James'.
