Yoshinori Muto admits he faces a tough battle to win playing time at Newcastle United.

The Japanese striker has has scored just once since arriving from Mainz for £9.5million in the summer.

Muto said: "I'm very happy. Finally, I could play on the pitch. I'm fully fit now yes.

"The competition is tough, Almiron, Rondon - everybody has been playing well.

"It's not easy to get my position again, but I have to keep working and focus on scoring.

"I didn't score at Bournemouth so next game I want to score for the team.

"We have to keep working and we have to focus on the next game.

"It's been frustrating, yeah, sure and after the Asian Cup, I didn't play in the games. I was very frustrated, but I have worked very hard in training."