No, it has nothing to do with his current good form.

http://www.newcastleunited-mad.co.uk/news/...W&id=441937

Peter Lovenkrands has personally absolved Florent Malouda of blame for the horror injury he suffered last weekend.

Peter Løvenkrands: "Florent Malouda rang me and texted me earlier this week which I thought showed what a great professional he is to get my number and make that call.

"But it had nothing to do with him and I told him that - it was not his fault. I actually had an infection which had affected me earlier in the game - I just didn't feel right.

"I couldn't breathe properly, I couldn't run properly and I was feeling really bad. I thought I would improve as the game went on but the hit affected me really badly.

"I'm feeling a lot better - my body is a lot better and my breathing is okay again. But I am still feeling battered and bruised and I don't want to put myself back in things until I feel right.

"I want to get back as soon as possible but an injury like this puts your life in perspective a little bit. Of course I want to be part of it (the run-in). I want to be in all the games from now until the end of the season.

"I will take my days to come back. I want to come back and be 100% and do myself justice when I come back."

Our Florent just can't seem to do anything wrong at the moment!!

I was worried when he went down, it looked like Malouda gave him a nudge in the ribs and he looked in bad shape, wasn't breathing well, scary stuff. Glad to hear he is okay and Malouda was nice about it.

Very nice gesture on behalf of Florent. to be honest, I couldn't see what was bad about the challenge, so it's nice for Lovenkrands to clear it up, and to hear about Malouda's concern