Shola The Mackem Slayer!

05 March 2012 12:44
Shola Ameobi was today hailed by Alan Pardew after his late goal robbed the 'Unwashed' of glory.

Shola was thrown on in the late stages of the game and did more in the match than Cisse had done in the previous 72 minutes, winning a penalty and scoring that important equaliser.

Alan Pardew: “I'm proud of him and he can be proud of himself.

“It wasn't an easy finish by the way.

“He had to make sure he got a good connection and there wasn't much to aim at.

“Best we've played for a long while. Forget about the sending-off, even before that, we had 15 or 20 minutes where we were brilliant, and I knew something was going to give.

“Demba's contribution second half was more like it, that's the best he's been since coming back from Africa.

“His link-up play and some of the things he was doing in the box were excellent.”

 

 

Source: FOOTYMAD