How Tyne-Wear derby can shape Newcastle's future after Barca thrashing

Eddie Howe reckons Sunderland at home is "a good game" for his side to head into after their hammering at Barcelona. But it's a game he and his side now dare not lose.

A Tyne-Wear derby double defeat to their fierce rivals, on the back of the 7-2 hammering in Spain which ended their Champions League hopes, would have alarm bells ringing loudly at St James' Park.