GUTIERREZ PLEADS WITH FANS OVER DEFEAT

Jonas Gutierrez has told Newcastle fans that he understands their anger following Monday night's 4-0 thrashing by Manchester City and has apologised for the lacklustre performance.
The Argentina international came off with a hamstring injury just before half-time with the Magpies already 2-0 down after goals from David Silva and Sergio Aguero.

Things got worse in the second half as Yaya Toure and Samir Nasri rounded off the scoring and Gutierrez told the Newcastle Chronicle that he and his team-mates must bounce back against West Ham on Saturday.
'The fans are going to be angry with us,' the midfielder said. 'We have to apologise to them for the result, yet we must try to give them the points next week.