Dan Burn sparked some injury concerns when he left the FA Cup match against Birmingham City with a groin issue. Despite initial fears, Newcastle manager Eddie Howe stated that scans revealed the injury wasn't as bad as it seemed. Burn is reportedly improving and could participate in the upcoming Premier League match against Manchester City. Howe stressed the importance of this match as a measure of the team's progress in a season marked by inconsistencies, particularly after a recent string of six consecutive victories disrupted by two defeats.
The initial look wasn't good, but the scan was good. Burn has improved a lot very quickly this week so he'll be very close this weekend.
It's going to be a great few weeks for us in terms of evaluating our strengths and see how competitive we are in the league.
This will be at a pivotal stage of the season, a really defining few weeks for us.
Newcastle ended an extended indifferent run up to December by embarking on a run of six consecutive wins, which has since been punctured by home defeats.
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