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Pardew: Cisse is special 2/5/2012
- Published_at:2012-05-02
- Category:Sports
- Channel:SkySportsVEVO
- tags: Chelsea, Newcastle, all, goals, highlights, video, reply, cisse, goal, 2-0, 2.5.2012, may, football
- description: Alan Pardew hailed Papiss Cisse's performance after Newcastle's 15th clean sheet of the season. Chelsea 0 Newcastle 2: Cisse at the double to keep Pardew's Champions League dream alive Papiss Cisse scored a breathtaking double to crush Chelsea's Barclays Premier League top-four hopes and leave them almost certainly needing to win the Champions League to qualify for next season's competition. Cisse's sensational form since his January move to Newcastle hit new heights at Stamford Bridge as he produced one of the best goals ever seen at the ground, leaving Alan Pardew's men in what looks a straight shootout between themselves, Tottenham and Arsenal for third and fourth place. The 26-year-old had already netted a stunning opener when he unleashed an outrageous 30-yard banana shot with the outside of his right foot that brought back memories of Roberto Carlos' free-kick for Brazil against France. The goal was his 13th in 12 league appearances for Newcastle. That came in 10 minutes of second-half stoppage-time added for a sickening head injury to Cheik Tiote, the only sour note on a night that left Newcastle four points clear of sixth-placed Chelsea with two games left to play. The defeat was the first major setback for caretaker Blues boss Roberto Di Matteo in his bid to land the job full-time, with owner Roman Abramovich in attendance. There is still plenty for Di Matteo to play for, starting with Saturday's FA Cup final, but the Italian's number one priority was qualifying for the Champions League and the Blues now look like they will need to beat Bayern Munich in next month's final to do so. Despite insisting he would pick his strongest possible team tonight, Di Matteo rested both Juan Mata and Frank Lampard.
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