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Cardiff City v Newcastle United: Premier League – live!
Premier League updates from the 12.30pm BST kick-offSalomón Rondón: ‘Asprilla told me Newcastle was a great city’And feel free to email Scott to get in touch 11.54am BST Cardiff are back in the big time. It’s only their second season in the top flight in the last 56 years. But the club have quite a history nonetheless. You don’t have to look very far. 11.42am BST Cardiff make four changes to the team named at Bournemouth last weekend. Victor Camarasa, Josh Murphy, Kenneth Zohore and Harry Arter, making his debut for the Bluebirds after being ineligible for the trip to Dean Court, are in. Lee Peltier, Callum Paterson, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing and £10m striker Bobby Reid make way.Newcastle make just one change to their opening-day teamsheet. Javier Manquillo comes in for the injured DeAndre Yedlin. 11.32am BST Cardiff City: Etheridge, Ecuele Manga, Bamba, Morrison, Bennett, Victor Camarasa, Josh Murphy, Arter, Ralls, Hoilett, Zohore.Subs: Richards, Smithies, Paterson, Reid, Cunningham, Mendez-Laing, Madine.Newcastle United: Dubravka, Manquillo, Lascelles, Clark, Dummett, Ritchie, Shelvey, Diame, Kenedy, Perez, Joselu.Subs: Ki, Murphy, Rondon, Muto, Hayden, Fernandez, Darlow. 10.50am BST Reina, Arbeloa, Insua, Paletta, Hyypia, Pennant, Alonso, Gonzalez, Sissoko, Fowler, Bellamy. Neil Warnock wasn’t happy with Rafa Benitez’s selection for a game at Fulham back in May 2007. Liverpool had the Champions League final on their mind, Fulham won the match, and Warnock’s Sheffield United eventually went down instead. Cue recriminations, threats of legal action, etc. But the hatchet has since been buried. “Everything has been said about that,” smiles Warnock. “We’ve met a few times since. Life is too short.”In fact, we’ve got to the stage where Warnock is heaping praise on Benitez. “The one person Newcastle can’t afford to lose is Rafa,” says the Cardiff City manager ahead of today’s love-in. It is going to be a love-in, right? Continue reading......read full article
