Coloccini: Newcastle must atone for Hull loss

The captain promises a return to form in the
Capital One Cup when the Magpies host Leeds
United, after a 3-2 defeat at home on Saturday
ended their three-game unbeaten run
Fabricio Coloccini has called on the Newcastle
United squad to atone for their mistakes after
twice losing the lead in a 3-2 loss to Hull City
Tigers.
Summer signing Loic Remy twice put the
Magpies ahead before Sone Aluko’s 76th-
minute volley saw the newly- promoted side
take all three points.
The captain has bemoaned the loss of
Newcastle' three-game unbeaten run, but aims
to atone the defeat by beating Leeds United in
the Capital One Cup.
"There were bad feelings after Hull -
frustration, anger and everything you would
expect,” Coloccini told The Chronicle . "But we
have a game on Wednesday and we have to
turn the page right now. We must look to the
next game.
"If we want to be serious about being in the
top 10 or look to bigger things or be a big
team in the Premier League, we have to start
to take the chances we have. If not, we are
going to have problems.
"We do not want to be like we were last
season. We ended the season fighting against
relegation - we can't have that again, so we
have to look at our mistakes and keep going.
"When we have chances to beat teams like
Hull, we have to take them. We have to learn.
Now we have to look to Leeds, get the win and
go through in the Cup."
Remy, meanwhile, is confident Newcastle can
continue climbing up the table despite the
defeat on Saturday, but recognises that
securing back-to-back wins in the cup and
against Everton in the Premier League is a
must.
"I'm happy with my goals but the most
important thing is to win the game and we
didn't do that," he added.
"We made too many mistakes and that was why
we lost. We have a couple of games coming up
this week and we need to be better.
"I think we have good quality in this team, we
can finish near the top in this league," he
added. "We have to win this type of game to
have a chance of that though.
"It's a good team here. It's all about adapting
to each other and I know that some of the
players here all have quality. I know we have a
good group.
"It is a responsibility for us to respond well.
We have to go to Everton and win and we have
to also win in the cup."