Thursday, 14 March 2013

Papiss Cisse scored

         Elliot was then beaten by Boussoufa's delightful 20-yard set-piece in the 88th minute and was relieved to see it bounce back off the woodwork.The result backed up Alan Pardew's pre-match rallying cry that his side could give the competition a good go  Newcastle's only first half threat came from long range with only Yohan Cabaye testing Anzhi keeper Gabulov with a deflected strike.But the Frenchman, who has suffered with injury all season, was hit with another setback midway through the half and was replaced by Jonas Gutierrez.However, the game was turned on its head eight minutes into the second half when Carcela-Gonzalez, who had picked up the first yellow card of the night moments after the restart, followed it up with a second for a clumsy, late challenge on Massadio Haidara.Newcastle tried to remain patient but the game looked like it was heading for another 30 minutes of extra-time until Cisse's dramatic late goal.  The Senegal striker headed in Sylvain Marveaux's cross three minutes into injury time to break the stalemate.
          Anzhi Makhachkala were reduced to 10 men when Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez picked up two yellow cards in seven minutes at the start of the second half.They almost won it when Mbark Boussoufa's free-kick hit the crossbar, six minutes before Cisse's winner. With Newcastle pulling nine points clear of the Premier League relegation zone, the Magpies boss named arguably his strongest starting line-up of the competition so far and included nine players that played in the win over Stoke at the weekend.

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