Eddie Howe will tell his Newcastle players to go after Arsenal in a ‘front foot, aggressive’ manner when they bid for a place in the Carabao Cup final.
Leading 2-0 from the first leg at the Emirates Stadium, the Magpies boss does not want his team to set out by protecting their advantage.
‘We have to approach the game in a positive, aggressive way,’ said Howe. ‘Focusing too much on the scoreline and the dynamics of that, I don’t think it’s healthy for the brain. So let’s attack the game in our way.
‘We have to be ourselves in every moment. It will be a front-foot performance and we need to engage the crowd. That combination of us and them, we have become a really potent team.
‘That is what we will need, to engage every one of our supporters in our energy, body language and every power we possess to involve them in the game. We need to make this a formidable environment for our opponents.’
Excitement has made way for nerves on Tyneside on the back of home defeats by Bournemouth and Fulham since the first leg, but Howe said: ‘What I have tried to do with players is to channel those thoughts into excitement. ‘It is a game you want to be involved in. I don’t think we want to look at it in any other way. It is a game we are going to try to win and I think that is the best way.’
Eddie Howe will tell his Newcastle players to go after Arsenal in an ‘aggressive’ manner
The Magpies head into the clash against Arsenal with a 2-0 lead from their first-leg clash
