Toon wait on injured duo

by Setanta Staff , 06 February 2012 Toon wait on injured duo

Alan Pardew says Ryan Taylor has not broken his ankle, while Leon Best should be back in action sooner rather than later.


It was feared that Taylor had suffered serious injury in the lead up to Newcastle's opening goal which resulted in him being stretchered off and taken to hospital.

Thankfully the injury is not serious although Pardew is not sure how long the defender will be out for.

"Ryan has had an X-ray and there's no breaks there, but a big swelling on his ankle," Pardew revealed. "So we're hoping he's okay because he's had a fantastic season for us, he really has."

Meanwhile, Best had to be replaced by eventual matchwinner Papiss Cisse but again Pardew is hopeful.

"I think he is okay," he added. "He has hurt his medial ligament but we're hoping he is going to be okay."

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Team P W D L +/- PTS
1.
Man City
38
28
5
5
64
89
2.
Man Utd
38
28
5
5
56
89
3.
Arsenal
38
21
7
10
25
70
4.
Tottenham
38
20
9
9
25
69
5.
Newcastle
38
19
8
11
5
65
6.
Chelsea
38
18
10
10
19
64
7.
Everton
38
15
11
12
10
56
8.
Liverpool
38
14
10
14
7
52
9.
Fulham
38
14
10
14
-3
52
10.
West Brom
38
13
8
17
-7
47
11.
Swansea
38
12
11
15
-7
47
12.
Norwich
38
12
11
15
-14
47
13.
Sunderland
38
11
12
15
-1
45
14.
Stoke
38
11
12
15
-17
45
15.
Wigan
38
11
10
17
-20
43
16.
Aston Villa
38
7
17
14
-16
38
17.
QPR
38
10
7
21
-23
37
18.
Bolton
38
10
6
22
-31
36
19.
Blackburn
38
8
7
23
-30
31
20.
Wolverhampton
38
5
10
23
-43
25
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