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Adam Johnson's cameo substitute appearance continued Manchester City's rise towards the top of English football but the referee, Martin Atkinson, played just as influential a role in a controversial victory which left Newcastle United's playmaker Hatem Ben Arfa with a broken leg.
Ben Arfa was carried off in distress after five minutes following a challenge from City's Dutch international Nigel de Jong, a tackle which could most kindly be described as "full-blooded", and Newcastle last night confirmed the 23-year-old had suffered a broken tibia and fibula of his left leg. He will have surgery tomorrow morningtoday but the club said in a statement that it has not set a time limit for the player, who is on loan from Marseille, to regain his fitness.
Opinion seemed divided as to the legality of the challenge, especially as Atkinson deemed it legitimate, and the Newcastle manager, Chris Hughton, chose his words carefully, although there was little doubting the sub-text of his comments. "Everybody will have their opinion, I'm quite sure, it's been shown enough times," he said.
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