Steve Bruce has confessed Newcastle United have a service problem when it comes to stars like Callum Wilson and Allan Saint-Maximin.
The Magpies failed to get the duo on the ball against Arsenal in their 2-0 defeat at St James' Park and find themselves back in the conversation about relegation, albeit ever so slightly given the miracle Fulham need to stay up.
The Cottagers know they can slice the gap back down to six points if they beat Burnley in the next round of fixtures and Newcastle lose to Leicester City.
For Bruce the return to the King Power Stadium means heading back to one of his lowest points as head coach with the corresponding fixture ending 5-0 in September 2019 and United sliding into the bottom three that day.
To avoid a similar defeat, Bruce knows he must start delivering more for the likes of Wilson and Saint-Maximin.
Bruce said: "We didn't create enough for them did we? We could visibly see we're a bigger threat.
"They had a difficult day you know. Allan has produced magic in the last few weeks but it didn't quite happen, but hey we are better with them in the team.
"We'll get better in the next few weeks I am sure about that."
Bruce rejected talk of looking over his shoulder again at the bottom three despite dropping back down to fourth bottom in the top-flight.
United could have jumped up to 13th had they defeated Arsenal but were never at the races on Sunday.
When asked about those behind Newcastle, Bruce added: "We've never thought about it like that.
"We know we need a certain amount of points.
"We've got four games left so we still have it all to play for as far as I am concerned.
"We must do that until it's over.
"We have responded in the last few weeks, but we didn't play well enough against Arsenal.
"We have to regroup and go again, get ready for next week."
And looking ahead to the crunch clash with Leicester, Bruce reflected: "The Premier League is the Premier League, every team has good players.
"Leicester are a terrific team now so we will have to be at our best.
"We will get ready for it."
