Hopefully we can get there, but we have to get a performance and a result against Newcastle. He said: “When I came in here for the last eight games, if someone had said to me, ‘If you need to win at home on the last day to stay up, would you take it?’ then I probably would have, if I’m honest. If City can pull off a shock victory on Monday, they would then be in a position that manager Dean Smith would have accepted when he was first appointed by the club. A point would seal Newcastle’s spot in the top four.
Winning at Newcastle is far easier said than done, with Eddie Howe’s side only having been defeated twice at home this season, by Liverpool and Arsenal, and with Champions League qualification on the line. READ MORE: City handed potential final-day boost as relegation rivals rocked
READ MORE: Explained: Leicester City survival and relegation permutations The weekend’s results, Everton drawing with Wolves and Leeds losing to the Hammers, also mean City cannot be relegated at St James’ Park, with their survival fight going to the final match no matter what. Only a nine-goal victory for Everton over Bournemouth on the final day could stop City should they beat both the Magpies and West Ham. The failure of both Everton and Leeds to win over the weekend means City head to Newcastle on Monday (8pm kick-off) knowing that two victories would almost certainly keep them in the top flight. Leicester City’s Premier League fate is in their own hands but they must still upset the odds to clinch survival as they head to the "last chance saloon".
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