Newcastle United boss Kevin Keegan has told Obafemi Martins to shake off the shackles and attack opposition defenders.

Reflecting on their 4-1 victory at Tottenham, Keegan told the Evening Chronicle: "I just said to Oba at half- time: 'With your ability, when you get the ball turn and run at people'.

"I said: 'Don't pass it to someone and try and play a one-two - turn and run at people'. In the second half when he did that I just said 'wow'.

"Mark Viduka is different from anyone in the Premiership and so is Martins, while Michael Owen is an outstanding player.

"If you have got those three in the opposing half and trying to win you something, it doesn't half give the ones behind them some confidence, even if they have conceded a goal because they now know that there are goals in us.

"It's not the end of the world if we concede the first goal like we did at Birmingham City and again against Spurs on Sunday because we now have the players and the system to put things right at the other end."