Newcastle United captain Jamaal Lascelles has called for unity after last night's 1-1 draw with Aston Villa.

The 27-year-old hailed his side's fighting spirit before calling on his team-mates to "start winning games" after a run of three consecutive draws.

"Over the course of the game I thought we were the better team," Lascelles, who grabbed the equaliser, told BT Sport. "We had the better chances and the one chance they had it's a deflection that goes in. That's hard to take, but I guess that's football.

"We kept fighting to the end. Jacob Murphy crossed it and I just went for it, and considering we were 1-0 down it's a good point to take.

"It takes character and leadership and we've got to stick together. We've got a really tight group. Performances have been better, we've had three draws but we need to start winning games."