Newcastle United striker Hatem Ben Arfa's secret is leaving him to own devices, reveals manager Alan Pardew My world is when he hasn't got it, and that's really where I have focused on him and given him the freedom to go and express himself. It was a fantastic goal, absolutely fantastic. Pardew has long championed Ben Arfa's cause for a place in the France squad for the Euro 2012 finals, and if manager Laurent Blanc needs further evidence, he need only watch a replay of his 73rd-minute strike yesterday. It came after he turned Yohan Cabaye's pass around defender Sam Ricketts inside his own half, accelerated away from Mark Davies and then raced between central defenders David Wheater and Tim Ream before calmly beating keeper Adam Bogdan. Bolton manager Owen Coyle said: "Goals change games. There's no doubt he is a wonderful player, and that's why you spend that amount of money to bring that quality to your club, if you have it at your disposal. Papiss Cisse's 10th goal in nine games, a close-range finish from substitute Shola Ameobi's 83rd-minute cross, was almost lost in the mix as the locals in a crowd of 52,264 enthused over Ben Arfa's contribution. However, things might have been very different had Tim Krul not denied first Chris Eagles and then Mark Davies after the break, with Newcastle far from at their best for much of an at times dour encounter. Coyle said: "The players have been a credit to themselves with everything that has happened at the football club in the last month, and what we have got to do now is re-charge the batteries. We don't play until a week on Saturday, and we will look to get a smile back on the face, get uplifted and go into six huge games in which we know we can win enough points to stay in the league.