Manchester City with the soul of a champion, treasure her Newcastle with a big twist!
Pep Guardiola’s team defeated the Magpies 3-2 for their 21st matchday Premier Leaguein a game that may have preceded, however, then fell behind on the scoreboard, but Pep Guardiola’s changes and the entry of De Bruyne and Bob turned the situation upside down for a “three point” that can give a lot later for the battle of this year’s title.
Terrible for the Belgian midfielder who came on in the 69th minute and scored five minutes later, sharing the winning assist with the 20-year-old Norwegian striker, who seized the opportunity presented to him by the Spanish manager.
Thus, City moved up to 2nd place with 43 points and is -2 behind the leader, Liverpoolwhile the losers dropped to 10th place with 29 points and the difference opened to -10 from 5th Tottenham and the seats that give a European ticket.
In his match, a good start for Newcastle, who just found the way to the net in the 2nd minute with Longstaff, but after a VAR review it was canceled and the 0-0 remained. In the 8th minute, Manchester City was unlucky after o Anderson was injured and could not continue, while in the 26th minute Bernardo Silva gave the visitors a 1-0 lead.
Eddie Howe’s team improved significantly by two minutes game over! In the 35th Alexander Isaac tied at 1-1 and in the 37th minute Anthony Gordon made it 2-1, with City’s players making defensive problems and paying dearly for them.
In the second half, Guardiola’s players increased their performance, in the 71st minute Foden he missed a great opportunity as his shot from a vantage point was bad and went… out, while in the 74th minute De Bruynewho had come on as a substitute, brought the game into balance for 2-2 with a brilliant placement outside the area.
The 20-year-old scored the big goal of the 3-2 victory in the first minute of stoppage time Bob after a terrific assist from De Bruyne, with City sending the message that they will remain in the title race until the last… second of this season.
The program of the 21st matchday
Friday, 12/1
Burnley-Luton 1-1
(36′ Amdouni – 90’+2′ Morris)
Saturday, 13/1
Chelsea-Fulham 1-0
(45+4′ Palmer)
Newcastle-Manchester City 2-3
(35′ Isaac, 37′ Gordon – 26′ Bernardo Silva, 74′ De Bruyne, 90+1′ Bob)
Sunday, 14/1
Everton-Aston Villa (16:00)
Manchester United-Tottenham (18:30)
Saturday, 20/1
Arsenal-Crystal Palace (14:30)
Brentford-Nottingham Forest (19:30)
Sunday, 21/1
Sheffield United-West Ham (16:00)
Bournemouth-Liverpool (18:30)
Monday, 22/1
Brighton-Wolves (21:45)
Next matchday (22nd)
Tuesday, 30/1
Nottingham Forest-Arsenal (21:30)
Luton-Brighton (21:45)
Fulham-Everton (21:45)
Crystal Palace-Sheffield United (22:00)
Aston Villa-Newcastle (22:15)
Wednesday, 31/1
Manchester City-Burnley (21:30)
Tottenham-Bradford (21:30)
Liverpool-Chelsea (22:15)
Thursday, 1/2
West Ham-Bournemouth (21:30)
Wolves-Manchester United (22:15)
Source: Sport Fm
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