{"id":419878,"date":"2017-09-19T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T06:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/19\/credit-rafael-benitez-for-my-form-christian-atsu\/"},"modified":"2017-09-19T06:00:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T06:00:25","slug":"credit-rafael-benitez-for-my-form-christian-atsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/19\/credit-rafael-benitez-for-my-form-christian-atsu\/","title":{"rendered":"Credit Rafael Benitez for my form &#8211; Christian Atsu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 19 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-09-19<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/29621189.295.jpg\" alt=\"Christian Atsu Newcastle Goal\" title=\"Christian Atsu Newcastle Goal\" width=\"295\" height=\"200\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Christian Atsu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1505800825_108_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> In-form Newcastle United winger Christian Atsu says credit must be given to manager Rafael Benitez for finally being able to bring the best out of him.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Atsu has hailed the role played by Newcastle United manager Rafael Benitez in his development following his first English Premier League goal over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana international who helped the Magpies secure promotion to the English elite division has spoken on the impact the tactician has had on his personal development as a player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very happy the team won and also happy to get my first Premier League goal,\u201d Atsu told club website<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree wins in a row is very good for the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRafa is always telling me to use my speed to run in behind the defense if I want to assist or score more goals and it has shown a lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think with Rafa, I have improved a lot, I have seen it for myself and a lot of people are also seeing it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo he is very important to me and I also listen to him very attentively because he is a very good coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI try to work hard every day in training, try to prove to him I want to be in the starting eleven because others are also waiting for the opportunity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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