Sports News of Monday, 6 January 2020Source: GHANAsoccernet.comEx-England goalkeeper wowed by Christian Atsu's performance in Newcastle FA Cup draw against RochdaleGhana international, Christian AtsuFormer England international goalkeeper Paul Robbinson has praised Christian Atsu for his dominant performance in Newcastle United's FA Cup 1-1 draw against Rochdale. The Ghanaian was deployed in an unfamiliar left wing-back position but he excelled as he set up Miguel Almiron to open the scoring for Newcastle. However, Rochdale equalised to set up a replay. When asked about Newcastle’s disappointing draw with Rochdale, Robinson told Football Insider: “I thought the two wing-backs Atsu and Yedlin dominated the game, particularly Atsu on the left-side. The 27-year-old has only completed 90 minutes three times across his 16 Premier League outings in the current campaign but has still managed to rack up three assists.

Source: GhanaWeb January 06, 2020 13:07 UTC