{"id":451561,"date":"2018-01-02T10:01:42","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T10:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/02\/benitez-lauds-ayoze-and-atsu-partnership\/"},"modified":"2018-01-02T10:01:42","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T10:01:42","slug":"benitez-lauds-ayoze-and-atsu-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/02\/benitez-lauds-ayoze-and-atsu-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Benitez lauds Ayoze and Atsu partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Players Abroad of Tuesday,  2 January 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanacrusader.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-01-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/46435262.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ayoze Atsu\" title=\"Ayoze Atsu\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Christian Atsu Celebrates Ayoze Perez and Mitrovic<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813921649\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813921649\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1514887302_395_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Newcastle United manager, Rafa Benitez, has lauded the effective partnership between Ayoze Perez and Christian Atsu, as the Magpies recorded a crucial 1-0 win over Stoke City at the bet365 Stadium yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership between Atsu and Ayoze upfront worked very well with Dwight Gayle and Joselu left on the bench as Ayoze scored the only goal of the match to push the Magpies away from the relegation zone.<\/p>\n<p>Benitez said: \u201cI knew that Atsu could play in this position, because I knew him before,\u201d said United\u2019s manager. \u201cAyoze has very clear movement, and the understanding between them both was very good. \u201cThen the rest of the team were helping with good passes and movement. \u201cAfter that, they were defending all together, and that was key.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey started making crosses from everywhere, and we needed to cope with that, and we did well. \u201cThey created some pressure, but we still had time to create three or four counter-attacks, and we could have finished the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really good. I was really pleased with the way the players were working on the pitch, trying to do everything I wanted. \u201cIt was very pleasing. It was difficult for us with the team selection, because the players were tired, so we needed to mix things up a little bit. It was quite good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew that Atsu likes to play between the lines and could do well. \u201cYou also saw (Mohamed) Diame and (Jonjo) Shelvey play well together, and that is what we\u2019re doing in the training sessions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe change players, but they know what they have to do, and hopefully when they have to do it in a game, it will be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle will face Luton Town at St James\u2019s Park on Saturday in a third-round FA Cup tie.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 56 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Players Abroad of Tuesday, 2 January 2018 Source: ghanacrusader.com 2018-01-02 Christian Atsu Celebrates Ayoze Perez and Mitrovic Newcastle United manager, Rafa Benitez, has lauded the effective partnership between Ayoze Perez and Christian Atsu, as the Magpies recorded a crucial 1-0 win over Stoke City at the bet365 Stadium yesterday. 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