Source: Telegraph
Peter Lovenkrands rallies Newcastle to raise game for West Brom test
Lovenkrands' hat-trick in Newcastle's 3-0 FA Cup win over Plymouth teed up a fourth-round tie at West Brom a week on Saturday but for now he is setting his sights on the third-placed Baggies' league visit to St James' Park. [LNB]'We just have to keep working and hopefully we can get another win on Monday because we need that,' the former Rangers and Schalke forward said. [LNB]'It is going to be a very exciting week. The Monday game is a massive, massive game probably the biggest game of the season for us. [LNB]'If we can get three points there then we will be looking really good so it is really important now that we focus and build on this FA Cup result and maybe play a bit better to go and get the win.' [LNB]Despite his FA Cup heroics, Lovenkrands is not assuming that he will be handed a starting slot by manager Chris Hughton against Roberto Di Matteo's side. [LNB]'We have so many good players up front and we need to have the best team out there so we can beat West Brom.,' he added. [LNB]'I'll just hope it was enough to get me to start the game. It was really exciting to get the hat-trick and I was really proud because things like that don't happen a lot. [LNB]'It was my first hat-trick since Rangers beat Kilmarnock 3-2. It doesn't happen too often so you really have to cherish these moments 'But we will have to wait and see if I play stranger things have happened so I just have to hope that it is enough for me to get a start again.' [LNB]Lovenkrands, 29, is also hoping that Newcastle can maintain their interest in the FA Cup when the promotion rivals are re-united at the Hawthorns.[LNB]'Anything can happen in the FA Cup and it is a very exciting tournament to be part of and the longer you stay in it, the more exciting it gets,' he concluded.[LNB]
