By Tyne-Talk
May 13 2012

Newcastle United goalkeeper Tim Krul has been speaking of opportunities and confidence ahead of the today’s final game of the season against Everton at Goodison Park.  The 24 year old, who signed a new five year deal with the club, earlier this year has had an exceptional season and is hoping to round it off with a win against The Toffees.

He said;

“It's a really important game and the chance of a lifetime. Hopefully one of the other teams, Arsenal or Tottenham, will drop some points and we could be there.

To say that with one game to go is something special. Finishing above Chelsea and Liverpool - if you had said that at the start of the season, people would have said you were mad.

I would have said you were mad, so that shows you what a fantastic season we have had and we can be proud of that.

That gives us more confidence to go to Everton and prove how good we are."

Talking about whether the side were under pressure he added;

"Yes and no, because we have got a fantastic opportunity, so we cannot allow anything to slide.

We need to win this game. The manager has kept on saying this for a while now, these opportunities don't come along very often, so you have to take them with both hands, and we have done it.

We have definitely done that, but we have to finish the season on a high now and hopefully get a win at Everton so we don't sit in the dressing room on Sunday disappointed that we could have or would have.

We need to get the three points and hopefully they drop some points.

I pinch myself sometimes, saying: 'This is your first full season, how are we going to top this?'. It's been great. We always talk about team spirit and I have always said Newcastle has the potential to be a top, top team, and we are here now.

I extended my contract because I wanted to be playing for a club who fight for places like this and that's what's happening now, and I am over the moon about that.

To be playing for the top spots in the league with one game to go is something special, and it's definitely exceeded all our expectations."

MATCH PREVIEW/STATS/THREAD: EVERTON V NEWCASTLE HERE

Krul: I Extended My Contract For Opportunities Like This

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