Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe believes his team is running out of games to finish in the Premier League's top four as they look to return to winning ways in Sunday's home clash with Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Newcastle have gone five league games without a victory and that has cost them a place in the top four. A League Cup final defeat by Manchester United only made things worse.
In what has still been an impressive campaign, Howe said it is vital to regain some momentum heading into the international break with games lined up against Wolves and then fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest next Friday.
Howe said: "There's a belief that we can win again and we need, very quickly, to fulfil that aim. "I've never sat here and talked us up in terms of targets, top four.