Cisse brace beats 10-man Reds
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April 2, 2012, Monday
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PAPISS Cisse scored both goals as Newcastle United continued its surprise push for a top-four finish in the English Premier League yesterday with a 2-0 victory over Liverpool, who had goalkeeper Pepe Reina sent off late on.
The Senegal striker headed the first from a Hatem Ben Arfa cross before sidestepping Reina and side-footing home for a clinical second.
It was a miserable afternoon for an out-of-sorts Liverpool, which felt it should have been awarded a first-half penalty when Danny Simpson appeared to handle on the line, while Cisse looked offside in the build-up to Newcastle's second.
Liverpool had Reina sent off with seven minutes remaining when he was judged by referee Martin Atkinson to have headbutted Newcastle's James Perch after being tripped up by the defender.
Replays showed that Perch made the most of whatever contact there was when the two players came together in an angry confrontation.
Newcastle remains sixth, two points behind fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur which was hosting Swansea City later yesterday, while Liverpool is eighth, a point behind local rival Everton.
Reina's late sending off was a sign of frustration, according to manager Kenny Dalglish whose team has now won only two English Premier League games in 2012. "The boys have shown frustration and that's probably why Pepe Reina was sent off," he told the BBC.
"It was the frustration of being behind. When Andy Carroll comes off and runs up the tunnel it's purely disappointment and frustration. It's all very well having that but we have to manage that and channel it in a proper way. If we don't stick together, and have trust in each other, it is going to be a lot more difficult."
The Senegal striker headed the first from a Hatem Ben Arfa cross before sidestepping Reina and side-footing home for a clinical second.
It was a miserable afternoon for an out-of-sorts Liverpool, which felt it should have been awarded a first-half penalty when Danny Simpson appeared to handle on the line, while Cisse looked offside in the build-up to Newcastle's second.
Liverpool had Reina sent off with seven minutes remaining when he was judged by referee Martin Atkinson to have headbutted Newcastle's James Perch after being tripped up by the defender.
Replays showed that Perch made the most of whatever contact there was when the two players came together in an angry confrontation.
Newcastle remains sixth, two points behind fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur which was hosting Swansea City later yesterday, while Liverpool is eighth, a point behind local rival Everton.
Reina's late sending off was a sign of frustration, according to manager Kenny Dalglish whose team has now won only two English Premier League games in 2012. "The boys have shown frustration and that's probably why Pepe Reina was sent off," he told the BBC.
"It was the frustration of being behind. When Andy Carroll comes off and runs up the tunnel it's purely disappointment and frustration. It's all very well having that but we have to manage that and channel it in a proper way. If we don't stick together, and have trust in each other, it is going to be a lot more difficult."
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