THE NOTEBOOK: Newcastle’s dire report towards Man City rolls on

Manchester City swiped victory on the final at St James’ Park with a breathless 3-2 win towards Newcastle on Saturday afternoon. 

Pep Guardiola‘s champions have been put to the check early on, dropping Ederson inside the first 10 minutes to damage, after which conceding two fast objectives earlier than the break to lose their slim lead. 

But the introduction of Kevin De Bruyne, simply again from damage, proved a game-changer, with the Belgian talisman scoring inside 4 minutes of substitution. 

The midfielder later supplied an help for Oscar Bobb’s winner – his first within the Premier League – to clinch the win. 

Here, Mail Sport’s Jack Gaughan critiques all you might need missed on a breakneck day in Newcastle. 

Kevin De Bruyne was the game-changer off the bench for Man City’s win towards Newcastle

The Magpies have been capable of expose Man City with two environment friendly counter-attacks to steal the lead

But Oscar Bobb’s winner – and first Premier League purpose – proved decisive earlier than the whistle

Newcastle United’s dire report on this fixture continued, with Manchester City recording a twenty seventh victory within the final 33 conferences between the 2. City’s solely defeat since 2005 was right here six years, a Rafa Benitez masterclass when the hosts recovered from conceding to Sergio Aguero inside the primary minute regardless of solely having 23 per cent of the ball.

They nearly noticed out a draw and Pep Guardiola famous that the principle stand cheered simply three minutes going up on the board for stoppage time, just for teenager Oscar Bobb to pop up with the winner – his first Premier League. An vital one.

Two very completely different breaks for the golf equipment. City are set off for every week in Abu Dhabi’s hotter climes on Thursday, after a number of days off, whereas Newcastle have opted towards travelling to Saudi Arabia and are remaining on Tyneside as an alternative. Both now have a fortnight off.

Guardiola switched issues up tactically to the form that Manchester City had been practising throughout pre-season.

Stationed exceptionally excessive and vast on the proper hand facet, Kyle Walker’s positioning meant these in behind striker Julian Alvarez have been shifted throughout one spot every. And it was by design after finding out the Newcastle United midfield.

Operating with a flat three in entrance of their again 4, Eddie Howe supplied up loads of area for City to use – and Walker venturing ahead allowed Phil Foden to occupy the pockets.

As we’ve seen over latest weeks, it’s harmful giving Foden any room in there and Bernardo Silva loved the concept of roaming extra too, chipping in with the opener and later hitting the bar.

The draw back of that for Guardiola was what occurred going within the different path. Walker, whose decisions in his non-public life have once more come underneath query over the previous week, is not going to look again on both of Newcastle’s two objectives favourably. Particularly the second, when he waved Anthony Gordon inside. City’s excessive defensive position didn’t do the fundamentals correctly. Josko Gvardiol struggled on the opposite facet as nicely, with each full backs responsible of dropping runners.

Newcastle have been eager suitors for Kalvin Phillips however have been unable to look at him on Saturday

There are simply over two weeks left of the switch window and questions are nonetheless hanging over the way forward for Kalvin Phillips at Manchester City.

Newcastle United are one of many golf equipment to have registered an curiosity within the England worldwide, who was again on Pep Guardiola’s bench after sickness dominated him out of the FA Cup win over Huddersfield Town final week.

Phillips has made simply 10 appearances thus far this season, solely two of them begins. One of these was at St James’ Park when City have been knocked out of the Carabao Cup and the sensation is that he has to depart for normal minutes forward of the summer time European Championship.

But Newcastle must promote earlier than they bring about anybody on this month, even a mortgage deal like Phillips, and there was no motion on that entrance. Juventus have held intensive discussions about his signing however have but to push the button. City desire a decent-sized payment for a brief change.