Double Demba

Newcastle United 2-1 Aston Villa

Newcastle United continued their dream run with another victory of Aston Villa on Sunday.  It was their fourth win in five matches and brings them to within one point of Chelsea for fourth spot.

This match saw the return of both Senegalese strikers, Demba Ba and newcomer Papiss Demba Cisse, after they crash out of the African Nations Cup with three disappointing losses.

Aston Villa started the stronger squad with Darren Bent forcing Tim Krul to make some important saves in the early going.  Papiss Cisse started the match on the bench but got his chance to play when Leon Best hurt his knee from a Stephen Warnock tackle after only 15 minutes but it was the original Demba who opened the scoring.  A Danny Guthrie ball into the box was headed on by Original Demba for Ryan Taylor who’s shot was blocked and landed nicely for Original Demba to slot home, continuing where he left off with his 7th goal in 7 matches.  While attempting his shot Raylor took a knock on the shin from Warnock (again) and was forced to leave the game.

Aston Villa drew level just before the break when Jonas Gutierrez was striped of the ball and Robbie Keane linked up with N’Somnia to slot home his 3rd goal in 3 matches and his 3rd game in a row scoring at St. James’ Park.

This set the scene perfectly for New Demba to make his impact on his first match for the club.  With twenty minutes to play, Danny Simpson made a run down the left flank and squared the ball for New Demba who chested it at the top of the 18-yard box and struck a perfect left-footed half-volley to put Newcastle United ahead for good.  It was the perfect way to start your career in the black & white and is a small step in fulfilling the expectations of the #9 shirt.

Here is the match in pictures: