In an exciting confrontation .. City rises against Newcastle
Erling Haaland and Bernardo Silva scored back-to-back goals in
the second half as Manchester City bounced back from two goals
behind and drew 3-3 with Newcastle United in a thrilling Premier League
game at St James’ Park, on Sunday.
Neither team had conceded any goal this season, but Ilkay Gundogan
opened the scoring for City in the fifth minute, receiving Bernardo’s
pass and firing from close range in the middle of the goal.
City could have scored the second goal in the 16th minute, when winger
Phil Foden advanced from the right side, but he shot from a narrow
angle instead of passing to his colleague Halland, to miss the defending champion.
Miguel Almiron equalized for Newcastle in the 28th minute after he met
a cross from Alan Saint-Maximin, and the referee canceled the goal
at first before the VAR judged it.
Saint-Maximin overtook City’s Kyle Walker and passed to Callum Wilson
to make it 2-1 shortly before the break.
Newcastle came close to achieving a resounding surprise against
the defending champions, as Kieran Trippier added a free kick goal
nine minutes into the second half, making the score 3-1.
But City bounced back amazingly and Haaland hit the post, before reducing
the difference, then Bernardo equalized after Kevin De Bruyne’s pass.
It seemed that Newcastle would collapse when Trippier received a direct
red card for a violent foul against De Bruyne, but the referee retracted
and gave him a yellow card after watching the shot in the side screen
of the video assistant referee.
City controlled the ball in the last minutes, but was unable to snatch
the victory, so the two teams came out with a draw, and the defending
champions have seven points in second place, two points behind leaders Arsenal,
and Newcastle comes sixth with five points.
In an exciting confrontation .. City rises against Newcastle
