Newcastle United’s manager, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hatem-Ben-Arfa-c15884 in securing an important 3-1 victory against West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns.
The Frenchman inspired the Magpies to a crucial away win in a Premier League match, by scoring a goal and picking up two assists. Papiss Cisse scored the other two goals for the Magpies.
The victory kept Newcastle United sixth in the league table. However, the Magpies are level with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 in terms of points, with the Blues sitting in the fifth place on a better goal difference. Both the teams have 50 points from their
30 matches.
The Newcastle boss hailed the performance of his attacking midfielder in the match, and believed that it was an important victory for his team.
“I just felt after the Norwich game we really needed to win that,” he said.
Ben Arfa scored in the 12th minute and picked up two assists in 6th and 34thminute to help his side open up a 3-0 lead at halftime. The Magpies went on to win the match 3-1 to
stay in the hunt for a top four finish. They now lag 4th placed Tottenham Hotspur by just five points, with 8 more games to play.
Pardew said that consecutive wins against Norwich City and West Brom has boosted the confidence of Newcastle’s dressing room and believed that striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Demba-Ba-c10812 and Ben Arfa created a lot of worries for the Baggies. He was also pleased
by the fact, that the Magpies were able to score three goals during the match.
“It was going to be one of those games where I thought there were going to be goals and fortunately for us we got the ones that mattered,” Pardew said.
Ben Arfa, who suffered a major fracture 18 months ago after a http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nigel-de-Jong-c27882 tackle, won the praise of his manager who described him as ‘special talent’.
“He’s a special talent which I’m sure will be highlighted in the next couple of days”
“I thought today a couple of his bits of play were mesmerising, he was just outstanding."
He went on to say that he won’t be surprised if the player got selected for France’s Euro2012 campaign.
Ben Arfa came to Newcastle on a season-long loan in August 2010. However, the player was signed permanently by the Magpies in January 2011 after reaching an agreement with Marseille. So far, he has featured in 22 matches for Newcastle
this season and has got 5 goals to his name, while picking up 8 assists.
Despite the win against West Brom, Pardew believes that his side is unlikely to finish in the top four and aims to improve his squad in the summer.
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