Nothing was seen of Ben Arfa yesterday, even though Newcastle were hammered 5-0 by Tottenham. Ben Arfa future at Newcastle looks a little murky right now And Alan Pardew played all his substitutes, but Ben Arfa was not one of them, as he gave Shane Ferguson, Dan Gosling and Peter Lovenkrands run-outs in the second half.

Alan Pardew has told French International Hatem Ben Arfa he will need to fight for his place at Newcastle United. Ben Arfa scoring that great goal against Blackburn After Hatem's mediocre showing at Blackburn last Wednesday night in the first half, he was replaced by James Perch in midfield, and James showed some steel and helped Newcastle get to grips with the game.

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There were some good things that came out of the game on Saturday at Fulham. Ben Arfa becoming Newcastle's secret weapon One of them was how very well the lads played in that first half, and of the seven goals scored, Newcastle produced the best two individual goals from Danny Guthrie and Ben Arfa.

We're not too surprised that Alan Pardew is having trouble explaining exactly what happened in yestrday's game at Fulham. Ben Arfa in action yesterday scored great goal It was like Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, as Newcastle looked very good in the first half and very bad in the second.

We're not too surprised that Alan Pardew is having trouble explaining exactly what happened in yestrday's game at Fulham. Ben Arfa in action yesterday scored great goal It was like Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, as Newcastle looked very good in the first half and very bad in the second.

By Alan Duffy

Fulham 5-2 Newcastle United Premier League 21 January 2012

"I gave a free-kick against you because I hate you and your big head of lovely big hair"

Newcastle were always going to face their biggest test when the Africa Cup Of Nations robbed them of two of their star performers this season, Demba Ba and Cheik Tioté, and judging on today's result, the Magpies could face a difficult month.

Alan Pardew acknowledges that Newcastle United's 5-2 defeat at the hands of Fulham has left him frustrated but defended his players, insisting that they have a lot to be proud of for their overall showing this season.

Clint Dempsey's famous hat-trick and two second-half penalties from Danny Murphy and Bobby Zamora condemned the Magpies to an emphatic loss despite Danny Guthrie's stunning opening goal at Craven Cottage.

szólj hozzá: Fulham v Newcastle 5:2 GOALS

Scorers:
Guthrie (New) 43′
Murphy (Ful) 52′ pen
Dempsey (Ful) 59′, 65′ 89′.
Zamora (Ful) 68′ pen
Ben Arfa (New)

szólj hozzá: Fulham v Newcastle 5:2 GOALS

Clint Dempsey's 50th, 51st, and 52nd goal for Fulham lifted the Cottagers over Newcastle.

The first half was all Newcastle and just before halftime they went ahead through Danny Guthrie's superlative left footed strike. Martin Jol must have mixed chili powder in his half time pep talk as he effected two very important changes, taking Bryan Ruiz from central midfield, bringing on Chris Baird, and introducing Andy Johnson as Fulham turned the game a 180 degrees in the second half

The former Crystal Palace man made an immediate impact troubling the Newcastle defense with his zip.

Alan Pardew is still challenging our mercurial midfielder Ben Arfa to increase both his work-rate and energy when he's playing for Newcastle. Ben Arfa he's trying to improve work-rate That has to be a general statement because the lad worked his socks off for Newcastle against QPR, and had a very good game last Sunday in Newcastle's fine 1-0 victory.

This is the very last thing we wanted to hear. Hatem Ben Arfa - now being sued by French singer and his manager Hatem Ben Arfa yesterday talked about his difficult childhood, and his membership of a Muslim brotherhood, in an interview with the French L'Equipe newspaper. And during the interview he said that French singer Abd al Malik [.

There's been a lot of talk about how difficult Ben Arfa is to handle, but we think he's handled himself very well indeed since he's been at Newcastle. Ben Arfa tussing with Clint Hill yesterday Of course he had that terrible broken leg fifteen months ago, but he's now getting back to his best and [.

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Alan Pardew gets lots of questions on Ben Arfa. Ben Arfa wiggling his way through the opposition And that's not too surprising since Ben Arfa is one of Newcatskle's most talented players, and is probably the most skillful of them all. The Frenchman is fresh off scoring one of the greatest individual goals ever seen at St.

Leon Best believes that Ben Arfa's belief in his own abilities can make him a big Newcastle star of the future. Leon Best after scoring at Aston Villa Alan Pardew talked about Ben Arfa recently and let it be known there were certain areas of his game that the Frenchman still had to work on.

Leon Best believes that Ben Arfa's belief in his own abilities can make him a big Newcastle star of the future. Leon Best after scoring at Aston Villa Alan Pardew talked about Ben Arfa recently and let it be known there were certain areas of his game that the Frenchman still had to work on.

Alan Pardew is doing a good job of telling Ben Arfa, via the press, what he needs to do to improve his game at Newcastle, and then become a regular starter in the side. Ben Arfa in action at Bolton The Newcastle manager has proved himself to be an excellent man manager, and his style and personalty seems to fit with the Newcastle club almost perfectly, and certainly Alan is not [.

Ben Arfa is slowly but surely returning to his top form, and of course he scored a wonder goal for Newcastle on Saturday against Blackburn in the FA Cup. Ben Ara scores on Saturday the greatest goal ever seen at Newcastle? At the time Ben Arfa was playing on the right wing, and there's not too many many players who can [.

Talksport: Video: Best FA Cup goals Ben Arfa, Welbeck, Mendy and more from the weekend's third round games

Watch the pick of the FA Cup third round including special strikes from Newcastle, Man United and Macclesfield Town

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Jonas Gutiérrez has today compared Ben Arfa's goal on Saturday with the famous Maradona goal he scored against England in the quarter finals of the 1986 World Cup when Bobby Robson was the England manager. Jonas Gutierrez talks about Ben Arfa's great goal This is what the Argentine winger told the local Newcastle press today: "Ben Arfa's goal was magnificent.

Newcastle United manage Alan Pardew has baffled fans for a lot of the season by not playing Hatem Ben Arfa, but Pardew has now explained his reasoning and how Benny's work on Saturday may just have earned him the free attacking role he craves. Until recently, Alan Pardew has seemed reluctant to start with Hatem [.

They've been pretty battered in the last couple of weeks, so it's no wonder that Man United brought their A Game and fans to the City of Light last night. Unfortunately, any game between City and United has been classified as 'Category C' which is the "highest security grade" by British police who put riot police on standby in the event of trouble.

szólj hozzá: Newcstle Blackburn 2:1 FA Cup

Scorers:
Goodwillie (Bla)
Ben Arfa (New)
Gutierrez (New)

The video finally went out that showed just how good a goal Ben Arfa scored yesterday. Ben Arfa - after scoring pointing at crowd In case you still haven't seen it, here's a short video of the goals yesterday, plus Ben Arfa's classic goal, which may be the best individual goal ever scored at St. James' [.

Highlights of the game. Sorry, they aren't very good I know but I thought I'd put them up just for Ben Arfa's sublime goal, which must be the best I've seen all season, and also the return of "Spidermag" too. I still haven't received any thanks from Alan Pardew for telling him he was a [...]

Alan Pardew was immediately interviewed after the game this afternoon in which Newcastle beat Blackburn 2-1 in the FA Cup 3rd round tie. Ben Arfa scoring Pardew says it's the greatest goal he's ever seen And Alan Pardew said that Ben Arfa's equalizing goal after 70 minutes was the greatest goal he has ever seen, and most players could never ever score a [.

Newcastle won this game this afternoon in injury time, with the winner coming from Jonas Gutierrez as Newcastle fought their way back from being 1-0 down at the break. But it was the great Ben Arfa who Newcastle have to thank as he scored a wonderful goal just 20 minutes from time to equalize the scores, after [.

19 year-old Frenchman Mehdi Abeid gets a start this afternoon and comes in as a direct replacement for Cheick Tiote. And Ben Arfa comes in as the withdrawn striker to play just behind Leon Best up front, with the two Ameobi bothers both on the bench this afternoon. And Gabriel Obertan makes a surprise return on the [.

Alan Pardew has promised Hatem Ben Arfa that he will get his chance to impress when Demba Ba and Cheik Tiote head to Africa. Ben Arfa scoring great goal at Bolton Before the game yesterday at St. James' Park against Manchester United there were various reports that Ben Arfa was not too happy that he was not starting in the first [.

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Every player worth their salt wants to start and play games for Newcastle United. Ben Arfa could get a start in tonight's game And it seems like our French International midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa is no different, and he allowed himself to say that's he's sad that he's not starting for Newcastle these days.

Liverpool v Newcastle United! | Barry Glendenning

• Hit F5 or the auto-refresh button for the latest news • Direct your emails to barry.glendenning@guardian.co.uk • Get the latest scores from tonight's Football League games • Follow Barry on Twitter, if you're into that nonsense Alan Pardew speaks: In his pre-match interview, Newcastle's manager says "there are certain balls you can't defend against Andy Carroll, because if the delivery is right and he gets at them in a certain angle there's nothing you can do.

Ben Arfa is one of those players Newcastle just love to watch. Ben Arfa scores sublime goal at Bolton And it seems that Newcastle fans have already taken the French international to their hearts, especially after his terrible time over the last year with his double leg fracture, and it's his left leg too the one he uses and [.

2:45pm ET, live in the US on FSC.
Last four head-to-head:
3-0 Liverpool (h) 05.01.11
1-3 Newcastle (a) 12.11.10
3-0 Liverpool (h) 05.03.09
5-1 Liverpool (a) 12.28.08
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 0-0 Wigan (a); 2-0 Villa (a); 1-0 QPR (h)
Newcastle: 2-0 Bolton (a); 2-3 West Brom (h); 0-0 Swansea (h)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Suarez 5; Own Goal 3; Adam, Bellamy, Carroll, Maxi, Skrtel 2; Gerrard, Henderson, Johnson 1
Newcastle: Ba 14; Best 3; R Taylor 2; Sh Ameobi, Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Gosling, Jonas 1
Referee: Lee Probert
Terrified of jinxing it, but since I bash referees here all the time, unfairly or not, probably should mention that Probert is one of my favorites.

Newcastle will have a challenge when their top striker Demba Ba goes off to represent his country Senegal, in the African Cup of Nations next month. Ben Arfa after scoring first goal at Bolton on Monday But the strikers who will be left, Shola Ameobi, Peter Lovenkrands and Leon Best are the ones who had to step up the plate in February, after Andy Carroll had left for [.

It's obvious that Ben Arfa was simply delighted with his sub appearance yesterday at the Reebok Stadium. Ben Arfa - getting towards being fully fit The Frenchman came on after 61 minutes and changed the game for Newcastle, and he got the very important first goal on 69 minutes with an exhibition of his great skill.

Boxing Day is one of the most exciting days of the year for soccer fans as all 20 Premier League teams take to the field over a two-day period and Monday's offerings did not disappoint.

Manchester United are now tied at the top of the Premier League title after a 5-0 destruction of Wigan.

You just have to watch the interviews Alan Pardew gave after yesterday's great 2-0 win at Bolton, and you can see how much he seems to love the Newcastle fans and being the Magpies' manager. Alan Pardew delighted for Newcastle fans yesterday And there was a great shot of him at the end of the game with Ben Arfa, which we are showing above, as [.