NEWCASTLE boss Eddie Howe does not care what people outside of the city think of his team as he plots another assault on League Cup glory.

The Magpies have climbed to fifth in the Premier League after a run of five successive victories to rekindle memories of their surge into the Champions League places two seasons ago.

Gunners boss Mikel Arteta and then Liverpool counterpart Jurgen Klopp were angered by Newcastle’s approach during that campaign, prompting Howe to say: “We are not here to be popular and to get other teams to like us. We are here to compete.”