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John Obi Mikel Elbow on Cheick TioteNewcastle United’s 2-0 win against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge only contained positives for the Magpies, but I feel that two Blues, midfielder John Obi Mikel and caretaker manager Roberto Di Matteo, haven’t come out of the match smelling of roses and should take a look at themselves and their actions.

In regards to John Obi Mikel, the incident that I’m not happy with is the elbow on Newcastle’s Mr T, Cheick Tiote. Just a few minutes before Mikel and Tiote challenged for the ball in the air, the Ivorian caught the Nigerian in a fair tackle and I don’t think Mikel liked being on the wrong end of Tiote. So when the pair jumped for a header, the Chelsea midfielder clearly led with an elbow, which Tiote took the full force of.

I think it was extremely naughty from Mikel, should have resulted in a red card and the injury to Tiote could have been even worse. As it was, Tiote had to be treated on the pitch for around ten minutes and had a large gash on his face, which he had to have 40 stitches to treat! Luckily Tiote is ok and should be fit to face Manchester City at St James’ Park on Sunday.

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To be fair to Tiote, he’s taken it really well and told the Chronicle after the game that: “I spoke to John Obi Mikel afterwards and it’s fine. It was purely an accident from him. If you play in midfield you have to let people hurt you and be ready for it.” I’m afraid I disagree, though. Tough tackling is part of the game, cheap elbows are not.

Then there’s Chelsea’s caretaker manager Roberto DI Matteo, who I used to have a lot of respect for, but some of that was lost when he made his comments after the game. The football world was in awe of Papiss Cisse’s second strike of the night, with many labelling it as the goal of the season, but in what can only be described as sour grapes, Di Matteo questioned whether Cisse meant it.

In his post-match interview Di Matteo said: “The second one [goal], I don’t think he knew what he was doing”. Are you having a laugh Roberto? You’ve just seen one of the greatest goals of the season and you question whether Cisse knew what he was doing! There is such a thing as being gracious in defeat, which would reflect much better on you than being a sore loser.

Anyway, John Obi Mikel and Roberto Di Matteo have gone down in my estimations after their actions last night, at least Chelsea trio Didier Drogba, Petr Cech and Ashley Cole, who had the perfect view from the bench, appreciated how good a goal Cisse’s second was.

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Try telling Steve Claridge that Papiss Cisse didn’t mean it…

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20 comments

  • Ben says:

    Newcastle won much recently?

  • Kakatk says:

    Tiote had been dishing it out all night and there were a couple of incidents before he clobbered John Obi Mikel that he should have been yellow carded for, I am sure his retalitation was not meant to do the damage it did just a tit for tat wack that he deserved.
    It was a great goal and a just result on the night.

  • The Big Figure says:

    So because RdM has an opinion that differs from yours, which doesn’t heap praise upon Cisse’s goal, you lose respect for him! You should not be respected for accepting that others can have an honst opinion that differs from yours. As for Mikel & Tiote, Tiote accepted there was no malice. Who should be believed, the parties directly involved or someone with a very subjective and unbalanced outlook with black and white specs!

  • Jamesnufc says:

    No but I’m pretty sure we are above Chelsea in the table , mikel should have been sent off , he should think himself lucky if it was the other way round mikel would be out for the rest of the season

  • legseleven says:

    Firstly, congrats on the win. NUFC were the better side on the night. No complaints.

    However, you need to get your facts right. Tiote had ZERO stitches in his face and the ‘GASH’ was no more than a ‘small mark’ (according to one journalist present). He’s already fully recovered and will play with a ‘small covering’ in the next game (according to your manager). Both the insufferable Pardew and Tiote BOTH said there was NO MALICE involved in the collision and it is clear from the pictures that Mikel is oblivious to why Tiote is on the floor.

    Secondly, Di Matteo gave full compliments both to Newcastle and Cisse after the game and merely suggested that Cisse was in such good form that anything he hit went in at the moment. He said the second goal was not meant and even Cisse HIMSELF said it was ‘hit and hope’.

    A little more research and less hyperbole and you’ll have more chance of being taken seriously.

  • El Fenomeno says:

    Both goals were peaches, anyone who has played football will know that every now and again a ball will drop begging to be hit. The second goal was a case of that, everything was perfect. Cech could have been positioned differently, it may have been a windy day, it could have been different but it wasn’t, a goal for the travelling barcodes to remember. There’s no point making more enemies arguing about different opinions, we’ve got all the undesiables we need with the scousers coming up on Saturday. Up the Toon.

  • shane says:

    At the end of the day it was a great strike, one that could have gone into row Z…sometimes as I striker you hit the ball with more hope than expectation and sometimes it works. Thats what RDM is basically saying…there was an element of luck in the goal. Taking nothing away from the fact it was a great strike.
    @ James…well done your above us in the table for once…but lets see the silverware on display in May shall we??

  • WellSaid says:

    Legseleven summed this article up perfectly, an intelligent, well thought out reply. Read his response and don’t bother reading the article Insay.

  • Ben says:

    Pardew will get a better offer from a bigger team, your best players will go to better teams you will go back to the obscurity you deserve and marrying your first cousins, enjoy your 5 minutes in the sun.

  • sulented says:

    i think u take urself as a perfect analyser of football

  • Paul CFC says:

    Two great goals meant or not! What a buy that man has been!
    Bad day for us but NUFC’s season has been better than we all thought it would be.
    Sour grapes? of course but you lot would have had them also if you had lost.
    Re the injury; accidents happen and we wont know whether it was meant or not until the next time they face each other!
    Now please lose your next two games. lol

  • The Big Figure says:

    The Gallowgate Gob – One Toon fan that needs to take a long, hard look at himself.

  • steve p says:

    were you at the game? the incident you describe was very different from the reality. chiek tote make a rash aerial challenge not for the first time in the game & was more the culprit. he appeared to go for the player rather than the ball & unfortunately suffered a bad injury. judge by team mates reaction that there wad NO malice from Mikel

  • Broomy70 says:

    Yeah you beat us….well done, think this article is a bit sad though….well done on finishing above us, we’ll have to focus on the FA cup final and the Champions league final…something you’ll never have to worrying about you losers

  • birminghamfanjim says:

    This article is ridiculous! obviously from another biased newcastle fan! you scored two great goals, you won 2-0 and you have an even better chance to get into the champions league! (although i can see chelsea wining in the final) and yet you still come out of the match with a bitter, biased attitude as if you lost! its pathetic, it’s almost as if you Geordies always want something to complain about! even the europa league isnt good enough for you considering you were in the championship 2 seasons ago! do any of you even play football? i bet you dont know what its like to be in either of theose two’s situations, your just here to criticize! tiote said himself that this sort of thing happens! and fyi beating chelsea’s pretty much reserve team isn’t that much of an achievement (ie no cole, no cahill/luiz ivanovic didnt play at right back, lampard and mata and drogba didnt start, sturrisge plyed on the left etc…)

    • Tom Jones says:

      Europa League is more than plenty and as for what Tiote said, I’m sure he’ll be saying something different behind closed doors.

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