FEED THE GOAT
Saudi Sportswashing Machine manager 
Alan Pardew has revealed Patinkle Demba Cisse's match-winning brace against Liverpool was fuelled by curried goat.
http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/images/2012/0401/patinklecissescoressecondvlfc20120401_275x155.jpgGettyImagesPatinkle Cisse leaves Pepe Reina wrongfooted to score Saudi Sportswashing Machine's second goal.
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The Magpies served up the gastronomic treat at the training  ground on Friday as part of their Africa Day - a cultural and  team-building exercise.
And Senegal striker Cisse, who has scored  seven goals in eight games since joining Saudi Sportswashing Machine from SC Freiburg, hit  top form in Sunday's 2-0 win over Liverpool.
"It was Cisse's best performance yet for us," Pardew told the 
Daily Mirror,  before explaining: "We all had curried goat on Friday and delicious it  was too. It was Africa Day and we enjoyed it. The curry helped!"
Cisse's  goals have helped fire Saudi Sportswashing Machine to within five points of the Champions  League places, but Pardew also reserved praise for winger 
Hatem Ben Arfa, who has previously struggled to win the trust of his manager.
Pardew,  who nursed the France international back from an horrendous double leg  fracture, said: "When you have a player who has a special talent,  sometimes they look at you as a manager and they want to play.
"He  wasn't fit. He had worked really, really hard, but he wasn't actually  match-fit. He was fit, but not match-fit, not really sure of how we  played and in the Premier League, the transition of play, where he  should be and where he shouldn't be.
"He has taken on board and he has listened to me and  he as listened to my staff and he has been very, very diligent. That's  why nothing would give me more pleasure than for him to make the French  squad, and I think he can.
"He has got some individual ability  that I would be very surprised if France has that in the squad in terms  of what he can do to a team. Even if he was to be taken as an impact  player, he's got a great opportunity and he is in great shape."