It is starting to become a habit to see French players shine at St James Park. With five French players on the pitch at kick-off, Newcastle resembles more and more the Arsenal FC of the 2000's. Three of the five Frenchies where involved in the offense with Gouffran and Sissoko flanking Loic Remy on top, with Ameobi. Yohann Cabaye played in midfield while Matthieu Debuchy was positioned as a right-back as usual.
Newcastle did not have an easy game against a good WBA's side. Newcastle had the control of the ball at home, but had to wait the 34th minute to find the net by Gouffran. The Frenchie scored his fifth goal of the season.
It seemed that the break woke up WBA! Indeed, shortly after the second half kicked-off, Brunt equalized for the visitors (53rd minute). However, Newcastle fans did not have time to worry as their team took the lead once more only four minutes later.
At the 57th minute, Sissoko launched a missile in the upper-ninety of WBA's goal! An unbelievable goal by the French midfielder. Simply unstoppable. It was Sissoko's second goal this season.
The last 30 minutes of the game were mostly dominated by WBA which tried to tie the game. Newcastle built a wall in front of their goal and waited for the visitors to crash into it. The famous Bristish kick and rush was in display as WBA was kicking the ball high in the air into Newcastle's box hoping to get a shot on goal.
However, Newcastle held tight and almost scored a third goal on a counter attack, led by Sissoko and Cabaye, whose shot was deflected by a defender's hand. The referee did not award a penalty and whistled the end of the game instead.
Newcastle got there its fourth win in a row in the league and proved that this group has what it takes to play a major role in the Barclays.
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