Newcastle United news: Benitez reveals mood in dressing room, emotional Townsend opens up

Townsend spoke after the club's disastrous 3-2 defeat to Norwich City at Carrow Road.

The result left Newcastle six points adrift of safety with seven games left to play.

And the winger, signed for £12million in January, has pledged to do everything he can to help United stay in the Premier League.

Townsend has also insisted that he has no regrets about leaving title-chasing Tottenham Hotspur.

Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez says his players were "down" after the Norwich loss.

Read what Benitez had to say about the defeat, and the club's situation, after the match here.

Writer Miles Starforth has also given his verdict on second-bottom United's desperate plight.