Newcastle United headlines: Jamaal Lascelles on 'mentality shift' and Bruno Guimaraes opens up

Your Newcastle United headlines for Monday, May 2.

Jamaal Lascelles has urged his Magpies teammates to keep their heads held high after their 1-0 defeat to Liverpool. Newcastle lost at home in the Premier League for the first time this year against Jurgen Klopp’s quadruple hopefuls, with Naby Keita’s strike the difference between the two sides.

The skipper replaced Fabian Schar for the final half an hour against the Reds and spoke post-match about the side’s mentality shift since Eddie Howe’s arrival.

"We have had a big shift in mentality and every game we play now we play to win,” Lascelles said. “That's how we set up. That didn't happen today. We had a couple of chances and they didn't have loads so that's a positive thing. It's Liverpool and we gave our all."

"We knew it was going to be a difficult game. At the same time, we came to win and we set up to do that. Sometimes you just have to give that respect to the other team.

“They are a quality side, we gave our all and left everything out there. We went toe to toe with them at times. I think how we've played over the last couple of months we can keep our heads held high.

"We can look back at what we could have done better. At the same time, Liverpool are a very good side.”

Bruno Guimaraes has opened up on his early days at Newcastle when he had to settle for a place on the bench. Eddie Howe introduced the Brazilian slowly to the rigours of English football, with Joe Willock, Jonjo Shelvey and Joelinton starring in midfield.

His first start did not come until Southampton on March 10 - six games into his black-and-white career. However, Guimaraes’ - and Howe’s - patience has paid off as he is now excelling in the Magpies’ engine room.

The 24-year-old told ESPN