Temporary Newcastle boss Alan Shearer will place his faith in strikers Michael Owen and Obafemi Martins as he attempts to drag Newcastle to safety. Shearer said: "We have to try to create chances for them. We have got two very good goalscorers, two different goalscorers.

"But on Saturday, it was always going to be difficult to create because of who we were up against.

"We sacrificed Michael a little bit trying to help us out in midfield because of the power they have, and he did that very, very well.

"But in doing that, we were unable to get him into the right areas, and when we got into the right areas, the delivery let us down or there weren't enough people in there.

"But that's something for us to work on."