Newcastle v Man City LIVE: Result and reaction after Anthony Gordon penalty earns Magpies point
Newcastle 1-1 Manchester City: Gordon converted from the spot as the champions suffered another set-back in their title pursuit
Manchester City were dealt another early blow to their Premier League title hopes as Newcastle secured an impressive home point at St James’ Park.
In the absence of influential midfielder Rodri, out for the season after suffering a serious knee injury against Arsenal, Pep Guardiola’s side lacked their usual calm, composure and creativity. Having taken the lead through Josko Gvardiol ten minutes before half time, the visitors struggled to create consistent chances.
Anthony Gordon equalised from the penalty spot after the forward, playing centrally with Alexander Isak injured, was felled by Ederson having burst beyond the Manchester City defence. Neither side could force a winner late on, with Nick Pope making a fine save from Bernardo Silva to secure a draw. A point apiece suits the hosts rather better than the champions, with Liverpool able to usurp Manchester City at the top of the table with victory at Wolves later.
Re-live all the action from the Premier League clash below:
Newcastle 0-0 Manchester City
3 mins
Newcastle get forward again, this time with a long ball, but Trippier can’t quite get past Gvardiol.
Anthony Gordon has started down the middle of the attack, with Murphy on the right wing.
Newcastle 0-0 Manchester City
1 min
The home side get forward early on, with Murphy leading down the right wing. He squares it wide to Barnes, who tries the shot from distance, but it’s blocked.
KICK-OFF! Newcastle 0-0 Manchester City
Jarred Gillett is today’s referee, and he gets us us underway on Tyneside!
Newcastle vs Manchester City LIVE
The team are emerging from the tunnel at St. James’, so we’re not far from kick-off.
An intriguing match awaits, with the big question being how City cope without Rodri. It’s worth noting that they coped absolutely fine without the Spaniard in their opening three league matches, though.
Joe Cole says that he thinks City may have been given an extra spark after that injury and last week’s tense encounter with Arsenal – we’ll soon see if he’s correct.
Manchester City match facts
As well as boasting that impressive no-loss streak against Newcastle, City have scored in each of their last 31 Premier League games against the Magpies. This is the longest scoring streak one team has against another in the competition’s history.
In their Premier League history, City have won more games (31), more away games (12) and scored more goals (101) against Newcastle than they have against any other opponent.
Overall, City are unbeaten in their last 28 league games (winning 23 and drawing 5). 24 of these games have been in 2024 – the longest run without a Premier League defeat from the start of a calendar year since Chelsea in 2008 (26).
Erling Haaland has scored 10 goals in five Premier League games this season – the earliest a player has ever reached double figures from the start of a campaign in the competition. The Norwegian could become only the second player ever to score in each of a team’s first six matches of a Premier League season
Newcastle vs Manchester City LIVE
Richard Jolly at St. James’ Park:
“It looks like Pep Guardiola has asked Rico Lewis and Mateo Kovacic to share the job of replacing Rodri as they both start at Newcastle. It is also notable that Sandro Tonali makes his first league start for 11 months in the Newcastle midfield as Eddie Howe reacts to defeat at Fulham last week.”
Pep Guardiola warns Arsenal to prepare for ‘war’ as Mikel Arteta rivalry intensifies
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has warned Arsenal to expect “a war” as the fallout from last week’s fiery clash between the two clubs continues.
Guardiola has also called on opposite number Mikel Arteta to explain himself after cryptic comments about City claiming that he had “all the information” about the champions.
The Premier League title rivals played out an absorbing 2-2 draw on Sunday that ended with heated exchanges after John Stones snatched a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser for the hosts at the Etihad Stadium.
Guardiola said: “I would say that sometimes the emotions are so there. Gabriel said it perfectly after the match, so this is a war, we are here to provoke the opponent, to push them.”
Pep Guardiola warns Arsenal to prepare for ‘war’ as Mikel Arteta rivalry intensifies
Guardiola has also called on opposite number Mikel Arteta to explain himself after the Arsenal boss claimed he had “all the information” about his title rivals
Newcastle match facts
Newcastle have won just one of their last 33 Premier League games against Manchester City, drawing five and losing 27. The last win was a 2-1 at home in January 2019, when the club were managed by Rafael Benítez.
However, the Magpies are unbeaten in their last 10 Premier League home games, winning six and drawing four. City were the last side to beat them at St James’ Park, in that aforementioned 3-2 in January.
Newcastle have scored in each of their last 21 Premier League home games.
Harvey Barnes has been involved in a goal in each of his last four Premier League games for Newcastle (3 goals and 1 assist).
Newcastle v Man City head-to-head
These two sides have met a whopping 192 times, with the first meeting dating as far back as October 1893. City have won 78 games between the two, with Newcastle winning 73 and 41 ending as draws.
The two teams met four times last season, with Newcastle winning 1-0 in the League Cup before City got their cup revenge with a 2-0 win in the FA Cup.
In the league, City won both games, with a 1-0 victory at home early in the season followed up with a thrilling 3-2 win at St. James’ Park in January of this year.
Man City and Arsenal’s genuine hatred sparks a very different Premier League rivalry
Although Mikel Arteta attempted to quieten a lot of the noise around Sunday’s febrile Manchester City vs Arsenal match by Tuesday, some of his staff were still privately ranting about it. It was no different up north. Modern footballers are by now diligently trained to ensure their media comments bring no controversy, but that’s precisely why it was so striking that Bernardo Silva felt the license to just let loose following that 2-2 draw.
“Liverpool always faced us face to face to try and win the game,” the Portuguese said, having already pointedly mentioned how Jurgen Klopp’s side had actually won the Champions League and Premier League. Unlike this Arsenal. Through that very specific reference, Bernardo signalled how this new Premier League rivalry has also gone to a level beyond City-Liverpool. Or perhaps deeper.
There’s a rare rancour to it now very much firing the dressing rooms, in a way that arguably hasn’t been seen since Arsenal’s own great duopoly with Manchester United. City-Liverpool never quite got down to the players or managers in the same way, although there was genuine “hatred” between the clubs.
Man City and Arsenal’s genuine hatred sparks a very different Premier League rivalry
The acrimonious ending to last weekend’s draw at the Etihad leaves the title race delicately poised between two bitter rivals
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