Newcastle United beat Bolton Wanderers 2-0 in a Premier League match at the Sports Direct Arena on Monday, to climb to the fifth spot in the league table.
The victory helped the Magpies leapfrog http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 to the fifth spot, after the Blues were held on to a 1-1 draw at Craven Cottage by Fulham.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hatem-Ben-Arfa-c15884 calmed the nerves of the jittery home fans by scoring a goal in the 73rd minute. The Tyneside team’s inspirational striker, Papiss Cisse grabbed the second goal for the home team, seven minutes from time to secure a fifth consecutive
win for the Toon. The win also kept them just a point adrift from fourth placed Tottenham Hotspur.
Both the sides made a tentative start to the game, with Bolton’s defenders doing a fine http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Demba-Ba-c10812 quiet for majority of the first half.
The Toons midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yohan-Cabaye-c37423 went for the spectacular in the 15th minute, but his shot went well over the goal.
A relatively quite first half saw some late action, but both the sides failed to score from decent opportunities.
Newcastle were awarded a free kick just outside the area in the 38th minute, after Cisse was tripped by Samuel Ricketts. Ben Arfa’s powerful kick from the set piece was dealt with by the Trotters goalkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ádám-Bogdán-c3516 who pushed the ball away
towards safety.
Darren Pratley came close for Bolton in the dying moments of the first half, but his header was held by the Newcastle shot stopper, Tim Krul.
As the players took the field after the break, the Trotters came close of breaking the deadlock immediately. In the 48th minute, Eagles took a shot on goal after squaring the Magpies defenders, but the ball caught the leg of an outstretched Krul
to deny the visitors.
Another opportunity went begging for the Trotters, after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kevin-Davies-c20716 fell just inches short of reaching the ball, with an empty goal at his disposal.
Ben Arfa stepped up for the home side in the 68th minute, but his attempt from a free kick went just wide of the goal.
However, the Frenchman was not be denied five minutes later, as he made a superb run from close to the half-way line, he slipped past two Bolton defenders, before dispatching the ball past a helpless Bogdan.
Ten minutes later, the Magpies grabbed their second goal. Shola Ameobi made a speedy run from the right and delivered a cross, which was tapped in by Cisse, who helped http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alan-c4244 Pardew’s side came out with three points from the game.
The win put Newcastle in the fifth spot in the league table, and kept them at arms length of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 and Tottenham.
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