Vurnon Anita has told his Newcastle United teammates that they need to keeping working hard to maintain their good run of form.

The Magpies managed a 1-1 draw with Southampton on Saturday and are sixth in the Premier League table.

"We have won a lot of matches and the spirit is very good. But we must keep it up, work hard and the next game, hopefully we win," BT Sport quotes Anita as saying.

Newcastle travel to Crystal Palace next week.