Newcastle turned up at Stamford Bridge in Might 2012 figuring out victory would give them a robust probability of ending fifth within the Premier League and qualifying for Europe beneath Alan Pardew.
With Chelsea making ready for the FA Cup remaining towards Liverpool just some days later, Newcastle’s have been buoyed as Blues supervisor Roberto Di Matteo rested Frank Lampard , Didier Drogba and Juan Mata.
It nonetheless took two unbelievable objectives from Papiss Cisse to win the sport for Newcastle, nevertheless, with the Senegalese striker scoring in every half to assist the Magpies win 2-0 at Stamford Bridge for the primary time within the league since 1986 – with the second of his strikes incomes him cult standing and the 2011/12 Premier League Objective of the Season award.
Newcastle striker Papiss Cisse ‘cannot clarify’ objective towards Chelsea
Cisse celebrates his objective at Stamford Bridge (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
After dispatching an excellent volley within the first half on his weaker left foot, Cisse then produced the unthinkable in stoppage time of the complete 90 minutes when he hit a half-time volley with the skin of his foot from the nook of the 18-yard field. In doing so, he lobbed Petr Cech within the Chelsea objective, with the gap later clocked at 37 yards.
“That objective is my passport,” Papiss Cisse exclaims, solely in dialog with FourFourTwo . “Folks world wide know me due to it.
Cisse was in nice type when he first arrived at Newcastle (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
“As a striker, my first objective was excellent; with the second, I used to be fortunate. The ball got here to Shola Ameobi’s chest and he dropped it to me. I didn’t suppose twice: I took the shot and it went in. It was an incredible night time towards an enormous staff and goalkeeper.
“Afterwards, Didier Drogba even requested me, ‘Who’re you? What did you eat?’ I nonetheless can’t clarify that objective. Folks will rating nice objectives, however that end is just for me – it might probably’t occur to anybody else.”
Cisse by no means fairly managed to hit those self same heights in the remainder of his profession, however these first six months noticed him bag 13 Premier League objectives in simply 14 video games, a exceptional return contemplating he had signed for £9.3m in January halfway by way of that season.
The striker’s type wasn’t a shock to himself, nevertheless, having needed to reject a Bayern Munich switch whereas nonetheless at Freiburg in the identical season.
The primary objective Cisse scored at Stamford Bridge (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
“I’d really turned down a transfer to Bayern Munich earlier that yr to go to the Africa Cup of Nations,” Cisse says. “Bayern have been fascinated by me, however provided that I agreed to remain in Germany as a substitute of going to the event.
“Then, despite the fact that I used to be the highest scorer in qualification, I didn’t play till the final group match! I informed a buddy, ‘Look what’s going to occur at Newcastle – I’m going to attain all of the objectives there that I didn’t rating right here.’ My starvation got here from not taking part in. I wished to indicate I used to be prepared. Some folks have been stunned by how nicely I did, however I used to be doing the very same factor at Freiburg.”
