Keegan: No row with Martins

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Martins showed his displeasure after being taken off with 10 minutes to go and appeared to ignore Keegan's offer of a handshake before sitting at the back of the dug-out.

Keegan said: "I haven't got a problem with him (Martins). I wouldn't be happy to fetch a player off and then seeing them doing cartwheels and being pleased to come off."

He added: "You've seen it with Robbie Keane (at Manchester City) as well the other night. I like that in players. All right, I went over to him afterwards and said I know it hurts when you come off.

"But it was not for his performance. It was just tactical and myself saying 'let's just shore things up here'. Obafemi put a really good stint in.

"He has every right to be disappointed but I think whoever I fetched off at Birmingham would have been disappointed because they certainly were committed.

"There is no problem. We won't fight or fall out."

Meanwhile, Magpies goalkeeper Shay Given is due to undergo surgery on his troublesome groin injury in Germany on Tuesday.

A statement on the club's official website read: "After consultation with Dr Ulrike Muschaweck, Shay Given will have surgery in Munich to cure his recurrent groin problems. He is expected to make a full recovery and will be absent for a six-week period."