Almost all of the Greek media mentioned that Nikos left Elland Road with a broken nose. It should be clarified that he did not left not got a broken nose from his challenge with Viduka, and the leg injury was far more dangerous that the first one.

Newcastle won the important three points scoring three times and most importantly keeping another clean sheet. Although all the other major contestants for the three top places won United remained top of the table! Alan Shearer, Craig Bellamy and Olivier Bernard scored for United to get their team to 39 points in 19 games.

After Middlesbrough, United will have to face Chelsea in a very important game. The two teams met at London a month ago, with Chelsea beating Newcastle with a last minute goal. Nikos will have further tests to check whether he can contribute to his teams efforts and he is fairly optimistic that he will be ready for the Saturday game.