Newcastle celebrates unity after victory over Soutampton despite brawl

During halftime, Dan Burns instigated a heated altercation with a Newcastle defender who was incensed by Ben Brereton-Diaz's behavior, resulting in Fabian Schar being shown a red card.

Howe later told Chronicle Live: "We have to grab that sentiment (siege mentality) because the season we finished fourth we had that running through us. We were written off, we were criticised - you name it. There was a lot of stuff thrown at us.

"Then when you get plaudits when you are successful it's dangerous sometimes. You want to feel like you are fighting against the odds. Now I will take that mindset from today against Southampton because we were against the odds. We were fighting to get something from the game."

On the red card, Howe said: "Contact was minimal. It was a harsh sending off, but we’ll learn from it. I think it’s really harsh on Fabby. Although I think we all know that you can’t give the referee the possibility to even give the red card.

"It’s something we’ll learn from, I think our disciplinary record has been good for a long period of time, so I don’t think that’s something that’s in our game."