The Senegal worldwide limped off 33 minutes into Saturday’s 1-1 Barclays Premier League draw with Aston Villa at St James’ Park after landing awkwardly, and is not only a major doubt for the Boxing Day clash but for the games which immediately follow.
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“I like to work hard for the fans and show them that I care”.
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With confidence starting to return to the squad, McClaren is looking to build some momentum with another result against the Toffees on Boxing Day.
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Newcastle have won just five times in all competitions since his arrival and only four times in the league, and two of those three-point hauls have come in their last three outings.
Back-to-back victories over the Reds and away at Tottenham eased Newcastle out of the relegation zone, but with Norwich and Bournemouth in particular also enjoying notable successes in recent weeks, they remain too close for comfort to the bottom three.
Steve McClaren’s men are on the best run in the league since February, having avoided defeat in their last three games. I remember watching him when he was at Anderlecht and we played them when I was at Twente.
McClaren said: “He is a top striker”.
At the other end of the pitch, Everton have been performing very well, not least Romelu Lukaku, who can equal an Everton record set by Dixie Dean in 1927 if he scores in a ninth consecutive game against Newcastle. Unbeaten in eight prior to last weekends loss to Leicester the Toffees were flying Roberto Martinez will want to make sure that things are not derailed for his side as they look to get back on track here in their chase for champions League football.
Cisse said: “I’d like to wish all of the Newcastle fans a merry Christmas and all the best for 2016”. He’s got talent and all the ingredients, he just needs to pull it all together like Lukaku has.
‘More consistency needs to be there and we need a damn better second half to the season than we did the first.
“You never quite know with young players, but we’re hoping he has those spells where he is very effective”.
He said: “They are a good team with good players, good individual players”. “His fitness has improved and his running stats prove that – but he knows he needs a goal”.
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“I think he said before the game, “I need to score a goal”.
