​Newcastle United manager Rafa Benitez says his side have more belief that they're able to avoid relegation in the final weeks of the season after they held Manchester City to a 1-1 draw on Tuesday night.





Sergio Aguero gave the Champions League semi-finalists the lead early on, but Vurnon Anita came up with a neat equaliser later in the first half in order to salvage an impressive point for the Magpies. Newcastle are now two points off 17th placed Norwich with four games to go, and a trip to Liverpool coming up this weekend.









But Benitez was happy with his side's point at home to City, telling ​Sky Sports post-match: "The team was working hard but now we have more belief. With the fans behind them, they will give everything and fight until the end. Today was an example of that.





"The players are doing what they have to do: they are giving everything. They are playing with passion, with commitment. That is the main thing to see to team reacting and see the team believing.





"You have to be pleased. When you play against a team like Manchester City, to do what we have done from 1-0 down with the reaction of the team to create chances you have to be pleased against a very good team."

Aguero's opening goal was clearly offside, but Benitez was not overly critical of the officiating and instead chose to move on with their coming fixtures.





When asked if the goal was offside, he said: "I think so. I didn't see the replay but people told me it was offside. You can't change nothing - hopefully it won't happen again and we can concentrate on the next games."





Newcastle face matches with Crystal Palace, Aston Villa and Tottenham in their final three games after the clash at Anfield.

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