Papiss Cisse hits last-gasp winner to send Newcastle into Europa League last eight

Papiss Cisse’s stoppage-time winner sent Newcastle through to the Europa League quarter-finals with a 1-0 aggregate win over Anzhi Makhachkala.

The Russian side looked to have forced extra time, despite being reduced to ten men in the 55th minute when Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez was given a second yellow card in seven minutes.

However, Cisse, who scored a late winner on Sunday against Stoke in the Premier League, headed in Sylvain Marveaux’s peach of a cross to send the Russians crashing out.

Anzhi had nearly gone ahead late on but Mark Boussoufa’s free-kick struck the crossbar.

Magpies defender Steven Taylor said it was a great night for the club: ‘It’s a massive result for this football club and this is where we belong. In the second half we stuck to the task and did it.

‘They could not cope with what we had going forward and they gave Papiss a chance and you can’t do that.’

Elsewhere in the Europa League, Tottenham saw off a strong challenge from Inter Milan as they went through thanks to Emmanuel in extra time, while Bucharest3-1 on the night to progress 3-2 on aggregate.