Man City vs Newcastle

Manchester City host Newcastle United on Saturday with both teams aiming to kick on in their respective battles in the upper echelons of the Premier League.

Eddie Howe’s side have been so focused on winning the League Cup that their Premier League form has dipped but they should now be back on track and finding more goals is their main aim. [lost in the League Cup to Manchester United](https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2023/02/27/manchester-united-vs-newcastle-recap-score-analysis-player-ratings-video-highlights/) but they gave a very good account of themselves. Can City close the gap to Arsenal to just two points? Newcastle have won once in their last seven Premier League games and they currently sit outside the top four. Big chance for Newcastle to take the lead. [five points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal](https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2023/03/02/arsenal-vs-everton-video-highlights-reaction/) and have 13 games to go. Defensively there are issues to sort out and with some key players missing through injury, Guardiola knows his side are going to give up a couple of big chances per game. That said, they did score three against Man City in a [pulsating 3-3 draw at home in the return fixture earlier this season](https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2022/08/21/newcastle-vs-manchester-city-score-recap-video-highlights-what-we-learned/)… At the other end a big opportunity for Newcastle as the ball comes in from Trippier and Callum Wilson has a free shot six yards out but it shanks off his foot and he can’t believe it. Erling Haaland heads just wide after a lovely switch of play from Kyle Walker to Kevin de Bruyne and he picked out Haaland with an excellent cross. Lovely decoy run from Kevin de Bruyne to create the space too. Newcastle squander a big chance to equalize.

Newcastle return to action in the Premier League following last weekend's 2-0 defeat in the Carabao Cup final against Manchester United at Wembley Stadium ...

- City secured passage to the quarterfinals of the FA Cup on Tuesday night with a 3-0 away victory over Bristol City thanks to a Phil Foden brace and Kevin De Bruyne goal. Newcastle return to action in the Premier League following last weekend's 2-0 defeat in the Carabao Cup final against Manchester United at Wembley Stadium and target a first competitive win at the Etihad since October 2014. - City and Newcastle played out a thrilling 3-3 draw at St. Pick: Manchester City 2, Newcastle 1. City took an early fifth minute lead through Ilkay Gundogan but the hosts replied through Miguel Almiron and Callum Wilson before a Kieran Trippier free-kick further extended their advantage after the break. I don't know when but it's going to happen".

Phil Foden's superb solo goal helps Manchester City see off Newcastle and ensures the defending champions keep up the pressure on Premier League leaders ...

- Away4 - Home8 - Corners - Away2 - Home3 - Away5 - Home11 - Shots - Away43% - Home57% - Possession [Reaction to Man City v Newcastle](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/64400056) [What did you make of Manchester City's performance?

Goals from in-form Phil Foden and substitute Bernardo Silva helped Manchester City maintain pressure on title-rivals Arsenal with a 2-0 victory over ...

"Yeah, we had work to do in the week, but I don't think you saw a team today wallowing in any kind of self-pity ... "Phil Foden is so good, he is one of those players who can score goals and win games for you," Silva told BT Sport. [Joe Willock](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/259517/Joe-Willock) fired a hard low cross into the box that [Joelinton](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/202232/Joelinton) missed from six yards out. [Kevin De Bruyne](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/134947/Kevin-De-Bruyne) that he nodded just wide in the 34th minute. [Phil Foden](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/250787/Phil-Foden) and substitute [Bernardo Silva](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/199833/Bernardo-Silva) helped [Manchester City](/soccer/team?id=382) maintain pressure on title-rivals [Arsenal](/soccer/team?id=359) with a 2-0 victory over [Newcastle United](/soccer/team?id=361) in the [Premier League](/soccer/league/_/name/ENG.1) on Saturday. [Sven Botman](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/274633/Sven-Botman) and past goalkeeper [Nick Pope](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/161715/Nick-Pope).

Manchester City kept the pressure on Premier League leaders Arsenal with a 2-0 win over Newcastle United.

But adding the the best goalscorer in Europe to the best team in England over the past five years has not led to a City procession. Walker knocks an awful pass back towards the City goal and Rodri has to make a last-ditch intervention to deny Wilson. City break from that attack, with De Bruyne to the fore. That opportunity came from Trippier getting forward to deliver a dangerous cross that Akanji cleared, thus leaving room for the hosts to break down the Newcastle right. He's furious with the referee for not getting a yellow card out and the Newcastle fans get to do their pantomime stuff. Burn again and the Newcastle man wins this round, getting a vital block after De Bruyne found the City goalscorer. After all that, the City striker is booked, perhaps for being the biggest and daftest lad in the middle of all the daftness. 53rd minute: A City attack ends with Grealish swinging a shot over the bar from 25 yards. Thundering block tackle from Dias and Ederson gets to the loose ball just before the Sweden striker. 81st minute: Haaland takes his latest whack from Lascelles and the City fans chant his name. However, the quartet's shortcoming in possession compared to Stones, Laporte and teenager Rico Lewis means more of that sort of defending has to be done because the ball keeps coming back in dangerous areas. Another of the subs, Alexander Isak, was denied by a pair of brave challenges from Ruben Dias and Ederson.