Pardew said: "Mathematically it [play-off qualification] is still possible, so we will absolutely keep taking it game-by-game and see where we stand.
"Until we mathematically cannot get there, we will keep striving for that goal.
"This has been a tough season for us. We knew it was going to take time to assemble the squad we needed and get ourselves playing the football we want to.
"But we are getting there. This was disappointing, but we had a great day on Saturday beating Leeds and there will be plenty more days like that for this club in the future."
Source: Team Talk
Source: Team Talk