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Jonas Gutierrez apologised to the Toon Army on behalf of the rest of the Newcastle United players following the dismal defeat at Man City.

The Argentine went off injured with a hamstring injury but made no excuses for the poor performance.

Instead he insisted United will work overtime to beat both West Ham and Fulham to lift the Magpies off the bottom of the table.

In an open and honest interview Jonas told the Chronicle: “The fans are going to be angry with us.

“We have to apologise to them for the result.

“Yet we must try to give them the points next week.

“We have to take three points in each of the two home games.

“We have to be strong.”

The Hammers will arrive on Tyneside with Kevin Nolan and Sam Allardyce eager to make a point to their former employers.

But Jonas said even before last night’s thrashing that the home games were targeted for six points against West Ham and then Fulham.

He said: “We have two games at home.

“We have to be strong at home now. It is so important.

“When you lookedat the Man City game you knew it was a game we could lose.

“They have spent a lot of money and have massive players.

“So it is a game you knew would be hard.

“We tried our best.

“Now we are focused on Fulham and West Ham.”

Jonas will try to shake off the hamstring injury that forced him off before the break.

He said: “It is the same injury as before.

“Now I will go back and try to make the best recovery for the next couple of weeks.”

And trying to explain the horror show at the Etihad last night the ex-Real Mallorca star said: “We had to be focused for the 90 minutes.

“We conceded too quickly and when you do that away from home, it is so hard to come back.

“Then we had the sending-off of Steven which did not help us.

“Maybe Steven’s incident was just a yellow.

“But there’s nothing we can do about it now.

“When you play with 10 though it is hard for you.”

What did you make of the side's performance? You can rate the players here and Lee Ryder has summed up the "living nightmare" for Geordie fans at the moment in his big match verdict