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Newcastle boss Pardew hails Aarons goalscoring impact

Newcastle Unite boss Alan Pardew was delighted with Rolando Aarons' goalscoring cameo in their draw with Crystal Palace.

The teenager came off the bench to score his first Premier League goal against the Eagles and Pardew expects more to come from the winger.

He said: "There's just something about him. I have given a lot of really good players a debut - Jonjo Shelvey, Mark Noble, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain spring to mind - and I would put him in that category, where he is right now but those guys see it through and that's what he needs to do.

"He really has been a real bonus for us this pre-season and at the start of the season."

When asked if he could keep it up, Pardew said: "Can he make the right impact?

"Well, he certainly did that today and he did that at Gillingham in the week.

"There's just something about him.

"There have been times when we have come up against packed defences in the last two, three games, really, and it's sometimes difficult.

"Things come unstuck and you start losing your flow and your ideas, and then you just need that sub to make an impact."

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