You can see he took a glance to the left, so his first touch was intended to shield the ball away from anyone coming from that direction. Obviously had no clue that Cisse was sneaking up behind him. A shout from one of his team-mates (I'm looking at you, Fletch) would have helped. As would a better idea in his head of who was around him when he went to receive the pass. Blatant foul aside, it wasn't his touch that let him down, so much as a lack of awareness.
You do wonder sometimes if his bouffant hairdo interferes with his peripheral vision and/or hearing...