Irons get a warning

Ayoze+Perez+Newcastle+United+v+Crystal+Palace+xPutdyKlLPElAlan Pardew has warned West Ham they should  pay close attention to striker Ayoze Perez on Saturday.

The former Tenerife striker has scored three goals in four games and Pardew believes he can prove a real menace at Upton Park.

Perez, who scored 16 goals in Spain last season, and are without main defender Winston Reid who is suspended.

Pardew said: “Ayo is a threat all day. You can’t take your eye off him.

He excites you and he excites the crowd,” Pardew told the Evening Chronicle.

“That’s traditional at Newcastle.

“The discipline of the back four, the midfield and the strikers to defend, is getting us where we want to be.

We keep nicking a goal, and then we might nick a second and the game’s over.”

 

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