The England international is in the form of his life going into the weekend clash against Fulham
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Anthony Gordon admits he will not get drunk on Newcastle United's Champions League success - insisting it won't mean anything if the Magpies don't beat Fulham at the weekend.
The flying England forward produced a sparkling man of the match display against Benfica and was singled out for praise by Jose Mourinho at the final whistle at St James' Park after an assist and a goal.
Gordon is very much one of the in-form English players in Europe right now, but warned: "It's hard to get carried away because the games are coming thick and fast.
"I've got to approach every game the same. I've got to go and recover. This doesn't mean anything now. I have to replicate that performance against Fulham."
However, Gordon confessed he was a little intoxicated by the bright lights of Europe and the fact that Mourinho went out of his way to find him at the final whistle on Tuesday night.
He said: "The biggest games make me feel alive, I love playing at this level, it's where I wanted to play as a kid so I'm living the dream.
"Jose said to me 'You are too much'. Which is a big compliment for me because as a kid he was my favourite manager in the world growing up. It's quite weird because he was quite a defensive manager, but I just love the way even then, the bench was getting up.
Gordon is now confident that the black-and-whites can clinch an automatic spot in the Champions League after two wins from three and Athletic Bilbao up next.
He said: "It's massive. We've got a clear goal - we want to get into the knockout stages and the home games are going to be massive to achieve that goal.
"We were favourites going into the game, but that can sometimes go the other way. Outside it might not look like as bad a game as Barca but it was to us.
"I think defensively we've been so consistent. When I say inconsistent, I mean us attackers have created loads of chances, we just haven't finished them off.
"Sometimes that's the case, you've got to be lucky and one has to fall like it did in the first half. If it does you score the first one but then you need to score the second and third to kill off the game."
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But Gordon has already started focusing on Fulham and knows a tricky game lies in wait at St James' Park on Saturday. The Liverpool-born ace wants to transfer Champions League form into the top-flight.
He said: "I've just got to take it game by game, approach every game the same, I don't know what's different hopefully we play our Champions League game in the Prem! That might help."