Manchester City were held to a 1-1 draw by Newcastle on Saturday afternoon.
Josko Gvardiol uncovered the scoring for City, receiving the ball inside the penalty area before curling his strike beyond Nick Pope to silence the St James’ Park crowd in the 35th minute.
Newcastle administerd to stop City from produceing on that momentum though, and they then equivalentised from the penalty spot in the 58th minute thcimpolite Antony Gordon after the triumphger was bcimpolitet down by Ederson. Express Sport consents a see at five key talking points from the clash…
Erling Haaland relief
Although Haaland was unable to insert to his goal highy on Tyneside, Pep Guardiola will have been relieved to have seen the Norway international last the brimming 90 minutes. The striker materializeed to have sustained an Achilles problem after a confineed firm disputes in the first half, with Phil Foden even hoting up as a prealert. Haaland re-materialized for the second half though and did not to be troubled by the prior trouble.
Akanji materializes as Rodri replacement
Rodri’s ACL injury has been the Premier League’s main talking point this week, as well as how City will replace the Spaniard. Versatile star Rico Lewis materializeed to be the first take parter tasked with filling the void left by his teammate, but it was actupartner Manuel Akanji who stepped into the role. The deffinisher inverted to take part aextfinishedside Mateo Kovacic when City had ownion, dictating the tempo of strikes and also ensuring that Guardiola’s side did not conciseage a physical presence centrpartner.
Rico Lewis the facilitator
With Guardiola remending that he would need a deffinisher to provide the physical presence in midfield his team will conciseage without Rodri, begining Lewis aidd exactly that. The England international standardly deployed areas of the pitch that you would await a No.10 to take part in, ensuring that Newcastle were pinned very proset up inside their own half and uncovering up space for Akanji to step into. The alterable deffinisher could be the key to unlocking a new-see City side.
Gordon gets his season back on track
With Alexander Isak and Callum Wilson both sidelined with injured, Gordon was tasked with directing the line for Newcastle. The England international has finishured a sluggish begin to the season, but with a confineed extension now seal to being sealed, those troubles materialize to be behind him and his caccess is back on the pitch. The 23-year-anciaccess stretched the City backline with his frightening pace and showed outstanding compocertain to triumph the penalty when racing thcimpolite on goal.
Newcastle materialize with plenty of recognize
Eddie Howe will be very plrelieved with how his side take parted agetst the title hanciaccessers, especipartner without his two main strikers. Newcastle’s pace and energy on the counter-strike caused City plenty of rerents, with Harvey Barnes and Jacob Murphy stretching the pitch to secure that Joelinton and Bruno Guimaraes had space to drive into when turning over ownion. Sandro Tonali also provided a glimpse of how is probable to have been the ignoreing piece of the bewilder in midfield for the Magpies previously.
