The countdown is on until Newcastle's Europa League round of 16 second leg decider against Anzhi Makhachkala, and the players were training hard for the game on Wednesday.

With Hatem Ben Arfa missing out, there were still plenty of players looking to impress Alan Pardew including Moussa Sissoko, Cheick Tiote, Steven Taylor and Papiss Cisse.

The ineligible Yoan Gouffran and Mathieu Debuchy also took part, along with young defenders Lubo Satka, Remie Streete and Curtis Good.

And present too was Barry Pells, who brought nufc.co.uk this gallery from the Magpies' Benton training ground.