Newcastle boss Howe wants in-form Gordon to maintain hunger for goals

[p]The 24-year-old England international scored four goals in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/newcastle-p6ahwuwJ/qarabag-Qgd3eSin/?mid=WEIEDRLi"]Wednesday's 6-1 play-off, first-leg victory in Baku[/a] to take his tally in this season's competition to 10.[/p][p]He rounded off his latest haul with a second penalty at the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, having ignored [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]Newcastle[/a] captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/trippier-kieran/GMqWRFGS/"]Kieran Trippier[/a]'s pleas to allow [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/woltemade-nick/4YDUd1at/"]Nick Woltemade[/a] to take the spot-kick.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/howe-eddie/hbOpz9hE/"]Howe[/a], asked if he wanted [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gordon-anthony/EFo95m2P/"]Gordon[/a] to have a selfish streak, told reporters on Friday:[b] "There were really big positives to take from that incident. Moments like that get blown out of all proportion; it was a very minor issue.[/b][/p][p][b]"It was great from Anthony that he's got that strong enough resolve that he wants to score in every moment - and you'd want that from any player - so I've got no issue with him.[/b][/p][embed guid="cb599ade-3449-4fe1-851d-6e82bc1e8a13" url="https://x.com/NUFC/status/2024779308338983320" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"I've got no issue with Kieran also, trying to think of the team and trying to lead in his way and be the aspiring leader that he is in every moment. I actually thought it was a real positive on all sides.[/b][/p][p][b]"The good thing is we scored the penalty, so that in itself is another positive. I think it showed that all the players care and we want to do well."[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/manchester-city-Wtn9Stg0/newcastle-p6ahwuwJ/?mid=QwtIRNsf"]Mid-table Premier League side Newcastle travel to second-placed Manchester City on Saturday[/a], with the Magpies searching for their first win at the Etihad and a first in the league, in which they have lost on their last 16 visits to City, since September 2000.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/england/premier-league/"]Follow the Premier League with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]