Newcastle United boss John Carver sought to explain his "best manager in the league" comments last week after their draw with West Bromwich Albion.

Carver insisted after the game that his comments had been misinterpreted.

He said: "It's just like another week in my world, isn't it? And I'm going to finish on this: it's been a tough week, there's been an awful lot said.

"Some of the things I have said were maybe taken in the wrong context, and I would like to just say, every time I go and play golf and I'm on the first tee, I think I'm the best golfer in the world; when I played cricket as a youngster, I thought I was the best all-round cricketer in the world, so read into that whatever you want.

"But on that note, there's a bit of relief in there because we have stopped the run of defeats, but the work is still to be done and it's still in our hands."