Toon hope Cisse’s goalrush will return

Newcastle 2 West Brom 1

Cisse has failed to recreate last season’s scoring exploits with just two League Cup and Europa League goals to his credit before he deflected Sammy Ameobi’s shot past Ben Foster to open his league account for the new campaign.

The Senegalese knew next to nothing about his winner as fellow substitute Ameobi let fly with a hopeful effort from the edge of the box which struck the bottom of his back and took a wicked deflection past stranded Baggies keeper.