Newcastle United duo Matt Ritchie and Ayoze Perez believe the Magpies are now safe in the Premier League for next season.
A slender 1-0 win at Leicester means that Cardiff City now require a miracle to overhaul the black-and-whites as they moved up to 13th place with four games to play.
Perez netted the winner after Ritchie’s cross in the first half, and the Scotland winger said afterwards: “It’s massive, the manager said a few weeks ago that 38 points hopefully (will keep us up) but we have to keep going.
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“That will lift us as well because we’ve not performed in the last two games really.
“That was a great performance, hopefully we can build on that.”
And Perez echoed his sentiments by saying: “38 points should be enough to stay in the Premier League. It means a lot.
“The team has worked really hard this season so credit to the team and the fans, who are always supporting. I think we can say we are a Premier League team next season.”
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