Ben Arfa lets his shot fly off his foot and into the back of the net
Ben Arfa celebrates his goal
Guzan’s first save came eight minutes after Clark’s fifth Premier League goal. Ba controlled a ridiculously high corner from Ben Arfa and swung the ball precisely on the turn to meet the run of Cisse whose first time shot was palmed away.
Vurnon Anita made two vital blocks in his own penalty area, then drilled his low shot past Guzan into the side-netting.
Seconds later, with a shift inside on to his weaker right foot, an unstoppable shot was sent flying past Guzan’s out-stretched hand and into his top corner.
‘The way Brad was playing, it had to be something like that to beat him,’ said Lambert.
‘The way Brad was playing, it had to be something like that to beat him,’ said Lambert.
Ben Arfa wins the ball from Karim El Ahmadi
Despite Pardew’s best efforts to orchestrate an anxious crowd, and a strangely out-of-sorts team, Villa had the best chances in the last half-hour but Bent screwed a Barry Bannan cross wide and Stephen Ireland miscued his half-volley wide after Charles N’Zogbia and Brett Holman created the good chance.
When Ben Arfa’s equaliser had settled into the net, the Villa boss had turned to his bench to deliver some choice expletives.
The reaction to Ireland’s awful finish brought a similar reaction but for different reasons.
Guzan was booked in the final minute for time-wasting, which came 90 minutes too late for Newcastle.
He frustrated the home side in the right way with a full-length stretch seconds later, denying Cabaye a top-corner winner, and Newcastle’s 1000th Premier League goal, from a free-kick at the edge of his area.
Fabicio Coloccini fires his shot off target
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