Emil Krafth believes Newcastle United must carry on where they left off at the end of 2020 when they start the new year against Leicester City on Sunday (kick-off 2.15pm GMT).

The Magpies were impressive as they drew 0-0 with champions and league leaders Liverpool last time out - and face another difficult test against the Foxes, who start 2021 in third place.

And Krafth told NUFC TV: "We were struggling before (Liverpool), the last four or five games, so we can grow a lot of confidence from the last game and hopefully we can take that with us to the upcoming games, because we know it's a busy schedule and there's a lot of big games coming up.

"We have to put another performance like we did against Liverpool. I think Leicester are a little bit like Liverpool - they want to have the ball and try to play, so I just think we have to - like we did against Liverpool - press a little bit higher and try to steal the ball a little bit higher up the pitch, and try to break them down from there."

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