Alan Pardew has come out in support of his struggling striker Papiss Cisse ahead of Newcastle United’s league cup clash with Manchester United.
Cisse hasn’t netted in his past eight Newcastle matches and missed horrendously from the penalty spot in the Toon Army’s 1-0 win over Norwich.
Pardew said to The Daily Telegraph: “We will help Papiss through this,that is what we are about. Myself and my team have got the best out of most of my players here, especially Papiss last season.
“That was easy for us. He was scoring goals and you could almost let him run free. Now he needs help and that’s where we hopefully come into line.
“He is still getting into positions and for sure, you worry more if he wasn’t. He had three good chances [against Norwich] and in training, they are flying in like they always have, but in game situations you sometimes just need a bit of luck and that is where he is at.”