He Manchester City de Pep Guardiola came to the break for the national teams with a win against the Liverpool de Arne Castle (3-0), but on their return this Saturday they suffered their fourth defeat in the current Premier League (2-1 against Newcastle in Saint James’ Park). If it Mikel Arteta’s Arsenalleader, wins this Sunday at Tottenhamthe leader will have 7 points more than the Citynow 3rd, one point behind Chelsea2º.
Erling Haaland had two clear chances in the first half, one of them a one-on-one with Nick Pope, but he did not take advantage of them and was unable to score his 100th goal in the Premier and break a record. For the first time in his career and after 18 games Eddie Howecoach of Newcastledefeated Pep Guardiola, technician City.
The two goalkeepers, Pope y Gianluigi Donnarumma, were the stars in the first half for their interventions. Especially the former goalkeeper of the PSGwho made several stellar saves to keep his goal at zero during that first period, like the one he made against Woltemade.
Football things, it was Harvey Barnes the one who wasted, in a blatant error, the clearest opportunity in said first part. Precisely the player who later decided the match. Of course he redeemed himself.
Everything was different in the second half, when the goals arrived. Harvey Barnes He became the hero of the ‘Magpies’ by achieving a double. The English winger advanced to Newcastle taking advantage of a ball Bruno Guimaraes in the 63rd minute to score with a right footed shot.
But he City It took only 5 minutes to level the score. He did it thanks to a goal from Ruben Dias in 88′. After a shot of Bernardo Silvathe ball went to the Portuguese centre-back, who shot and the ball slipped between the legs of Fabian Schar.
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But, in a very difficult season in the Premier, the Newcastle I wasn’t going to give up the win. After Bruno Guimaraes crashed the ball into the crossbar thanks to a header, Barnes sealed his double. The team of Eddie Howe knew how to tie Haaland and resist, without giving up looking for the third. The defensive work of the ‘magpies’ prevented the reaction of the City.
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