Newcastle United boss Rafa Benitez admits Islam Slimani faces another couple of weeks on the sidelines.

The striker is on-loan from Leicester City.

He said, "Slimani had a setback the other day so will not be available. It will be at least a couple of weeks so we have to keep working with him because he had an injury when he came.

"Everyone has been expecting him to make the difference but the only thing that is positive is after the Manchester United game we showed we have enough quality in the squad to cope with the games."