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Yanga-Mbiwa: Taylor deserves England cap

The French international watched on as Taylor, sometimes single-handedly, kept the big-spending Russians and their prolific striker Samuel Eto'o at bay over 180 minutes in Newcastle's 1-0 aggregate win.

Taylor's eye-catching display came hours after Roy Hodgson had named his England squad for back-to-back World Cup qualifiers next week where he chose to omit the Newcastle man who has yet to play a senior international for his country.

"I think he's got every chance to get an international call-up and if he goes out and continues to play as well as he is week in and week out, then the international manager is going to see that," defender Yanga-Mbiwa told the club's website.

"He knows the culture of the English game very well and he's someone I try to listen to a lot and learn from a lot."

"It's my groin, which has given me some problems this season and I'm still cautious about it so I just wanted to keep my groin good," said Cabaye.

"We'll see tomorrow but I don't think it's a bad injury," added the Frenchman, who was hopeful of facing former European champions Benfica over two legs in April.