Ryan Taylor insists Newcastle United's European ambitions remain intact despite their thrashing at Tottenham.

Only a point behind Chelsea and Arsenal, Champions League qualification is still in sight, but the versatile Scouser is not thinking about that for now.

He told the Evening Chronicle: "Our aim now is to stay in that top six.

"We'll be living a dream if we can get in those Champions League spots, but I think now with the position we've put ourselves in, Europe is the target and anything else is a bonus.

"We're that close to the Champions League spots but there's 13 games left and we're going to be playing teams who are fighting for their lives and others who are fighting for the title, so no game from now until the end of the season is going to be easy."