Papiss Cisse’s first-half strike handed Newcastle
United a 1-0 Premier League victory over Aston
Villa at St James’ Park on Saturday.
Newcastle United condemned Tim Sherwood to a
second consecutive loss as Aston Villa manager as
they ran out 1-0 winners in the Premier League at
St James’ Park.
John Carver’s side, boosted by the return of Jonas
Gutierrez to the bench for the first time since the
Argentine overcame testicular cancer, took the lead
against the run of play through Papiss Cisse’s 11th
league goal of the campaign midway through the
first half.
And they were able to celebrate three points after
soaking up some second-half pressure,
with Christian Benteke having a goal ruled out for
offside, while the hosts also went close through
Ryan Taylor and Ayoze Perez.
The result lifts Newcastle on to 35 points, while
lowly Villa have now lost seven consecutive league
matches.
Villa have not won a Premier League game without
Ashley Westwood in 17 months and, after dropping
to the bench last week, the midfielder returned in
fine form as the visitors made a confident start to
proceedings, with Newcastle unable to cope with
their direct attacking style.
And they could well have been ahead four minutes
in as Benteke whipped in a sublime cross to the
back post, but Daryl Janmaat recovered well to
clear.
Gabriel Agbonlahor then saw a goal correctly
disallowed for offside as Villa continued to press,
though the hosts would have been ahead had Alan
Hutton not blocked Cisse’s goal-bound effort.
But Villa were not to be deterred, with Benteke –
looking at his imposing best – forcing Tim Krul into
a fine save with an ambitious overhead kick from
the edge of the area before Scott Sinclair went
close having latched onto Westwood’s pass.
However, for all Villa’s pressure, it was the hosts
who took the lead when Janmaat’s terrific cross
from the right found Cisse in the area and he
provided a composed finish before running straight
to the touchline to celebrate with Gutierrez.
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