More buoying still is the fact that Howe doesn't shy away from defeats - analysing them, talking about them, learning from them. Every team has an off day and I'm confident that's all this was. Better it happens on this weekend just gone than in the semi final we hope to put to bed in a couple of weeks.

NEWCASTLE, England (Reuters) -Bournemouth midfielder Justin Kluivert struck a superb hat-trick in a 4-1 away win over his father Patrick's former club Newcastle United in Saturday's early Premier League kick-off,

Newcastle United take on AFC Bournemouth on Saturday, Jan. 18, at St. James' Park, with kickoff set for 12:30 p.m. GMT local time. That makes it a 7:30 a.m. ET or 4:30 a.m. PT start in the US and Canada, and an 11:30 p.m. AEDT kickoff in Australia.