Eddie Howe wants Newcastle United to leave their EFL Cup triumph behind while they strive for the qualification of Champions League.
Newcastle ended their 70-year-old waiting for a large trophy by beating Liverpool 2-1 in Wembley on March 16.
The Newcastle team celebrated the city with an open top bus parade last weekend, but must now go back to the Premier League.
Brentford visits St James' Park on Wednesday and with Newcastle only two points in fourth place Chelsea, Howe does not want a distraction in the run-in.
“We have to do what has been brought against Liverpool in mind and concentrate on the future,” said Howe.
“We still have 10 games left, 10 great opportunities to turn our season into a real memorable.
“We were excellent against Liverpool, and that level is that we are now being measured against.”
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Newcastle has lost three of their last five league matches, and Howe wants to see a revival of consistency of his team.
He added: “Our home shape has been a bit scratching in recent weeks and we have had a few painful defeats.
“The challenge never stops, it gets bigger. We have to be ready for the test.
“There is no doubt about the power of Champions League football. It can change in terms of income for us. Qualification will be very, very difficult. It goes down who is the most consistent.
“After Liverpool there will be a trust elevator, but you must be careful that it will not be negative.
“We have to watch against that. This is an important moment in our season and it is how we respond. We have to galvanize ourselves and ride the enormous wave of positivity.”
Players to watch
Newcastle United – Alexander Isak
This season, Isak scored 19 Premier League goals – Nine at home and 10 away.
The only Newcastle players who score 10+ goals, both at home and road in a season in the competition are Andrew Cole (1993-94) and Alan Shearer (2001-02).
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Brentford – Yoane Wissa
Wissa scored in three of the last four Premier League matches of Brentford, including both of their last two away from home.
The only player who scores in three consecutive appearances for the bees in the competition is Kevin Schade, who did this earlier this season.
Match forecast: Newcastle Win
Brentford had not succeeded in winning their first six Premier League matches against Newcastle (D1 L5), but won the Reverse Presture 4-2 in December. Only in 1934-35 did they once doubled the competition over the magpies.
Newcastle has won nine of their last 13 Premier League matches (L4), after winning five of their opening 15 league matches of the season in advance (D5 L5).
Since the first game in this run (December 14 V Leicester City), indeed, only Liverpool (10) has more Premier League victories than the Magpies (nine) that arrive this competition day.
Brentford has won each of their last five Premier League matches-the longest winning run on the road on the road in 2024-25. In the history of the competition, only one party has won six consecutive road races in which they started the day outside the top 10 in the table, where Arsenal did this from December 2020 to May 2021.
This season, Newcastle has dropped a competition-to-seven points of winning positions in the Premier League, while only competition leaders Liverpool (19) have recovered more from losing positions in the competition that this period in this competition day than the Magpies (18).
Opta wins probability
Newcastle – 52.2%
Brentford – 25.7%
Drawing – 22.1%
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