Newcastle move to 4th place with a 3-0 win over Stoke City!!
By ram_cv
@ram_cv (16513)
India
April 21, 2012 11:04am CST
Newcastle's push for Champions League football continued with a 3-0 drubbing over Stoke City. Papiss Cisse continued his scoring habit with another clinical finish. Cabaye scored the other two to seal the deal for Newcastle.
With this win, Newcastle move into 4th place, 3 points behind Arsenal and 3 points ahead of Tottenham. More importantly they are 5 points ahead of Chelsea. Of course, Tottenham have a match later today against QPR to move back into the 4th place on goal difference.
Cheers!
Ram
2 responses
@jkct02 (2874)
• Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
21 Apr 12
Newcastle keeps surprising us. A team a year ago nearly avoided relegation and is now pushing for an UCL place a year later. A fairy-tail indeed! Whether in the end they get the coveted spot or not, they are surely the Cinderella team this season. Alan Pardew should win the manager of the season award and Newcastle, the team of the season.
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@jkct02 (2874)
• Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
23 Apr 12
It is good for Chelsea too as they will have it easier to catch Tottenham. Chelsea can still deal with Newcastle as they will play each other soon. But Chelsea will need both their rivals to lose more points to stand a chance to grab the 4th spot.
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@ram_cv (16513)
• India
23 Apr 12
Actually given the fact that Newcastle are 4 points ahead of Chelsea, they can theoretically lose that match and still finish above them. But that match two weeks later is going to be another do or die match for Chelsea. BTW, Chelsea also has a match against Liverpool pending!!
Cheers!
Ram
@sjlskl (3382)
• Singapore
22 Apr 12
Even the fans of Newcastle would not have expected this. To think they wanted Alan Pardew out, what he has done is nothing short of amazing. What he did right was making the right purchase at the appropriate time. Initially, it is all about Ba and Cabeye. Come the January window, Pardew added Cisse to the fore. While Ba had lost some of his early season form, Cisse took over. This ensure that they surge is maintain. If they can grab the coveted Champions League spot, then this season will be deem as a success. If they can continue building for next season, then they will be a force to be reckon.
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