Day 1 gone Rodri and the City of Manchester He misses it. He Newcastle UnitedEdit everyone was surprised Pep Guardiola with a tie like glorification while at the same time ‘cityzen’ may lose ownership. (1-1) Anthony Gordon, from a penalty in the second half, equalized Gvardiol’s initial goal. In a grayer match than usual, the visitors were neither accurate nor effective and left a point they can remember at the end of the campaign.
One of the attractions of Newcastle-Manchester City this afternoon will be to see how Pep Guardiola copes with the absence of the seriously injured Rodri, his most determined player. The Catalan coach’s bet is to put Mateo Kovacic next to Rico Lewis in midfield, an option he had previously dropped. Savinho and Jeremy Doku remained on the bench. At Newcastle, three changes from last week’s defeat against Fulham: Lewis Hall, Sandro Tonali and Jacob Murphy for Lloyd Kelly, Joe Willock and the injured Isak, their scorer.
The first half was intense, but that pace didn’t translate into a particularly generous offensive background or an attractive game. Rodri’s absence has disrupted a City team that was a bit uncomfortable playing less-than-standard football. City only had two shots on target in the entire first half. The first, from Haaland, was saved by Pope (7′) with no problem. In the 28th minute, Trippier prevented a goal from the Norwegian, which just hit the right post. Only one from the team led by Eddie Howe despite the ever-threatening presence in the area of a Gordon without Isak’s qualities.
In the 35th minute, when no one seemed to foresee what was going to happen, the goal came. This is not Haaland. Not even Grealish. It’s Guardiol. The Croatian full-back scored a great goal after receiving a great pass from the former Aston Villa player, sitting Burn down with a rare cut-back and putting the ball just beyond Pope’s reach. Newcastle did not let themselves be beaten and before half time they made St. James’s Park after a powerful shot from Joelinton was stopped by Ederson’s fists. Maximum effectiveness for City, who went into the break with a 0-1 lead.
The game turned in the 56th minute.
The advantage, although minimal, gave a City peace of mind playing with time in their favor and the much-needed stoppage. But that all changed when, in the 56th minute, Ederson brought down Gordon in the area and Jarred Gillett was awarded a penalty. The winger, yesterday a forward, received a through pass from Bruno Guimaraes and took advantage of it. Then, he scored by completely deceiving the Brazilian goalkeeper from eleven meters (1-1). It all started from the start and Newcastle pushed hard in the following minutes. Guardiola looked for solutions by bringing on Foden for a gray Gündogan to avoid the intense harassment of the ‘magpies’ and, incidentally, the reaction of his team (65′). And the English international got it in the 72nd minute, but his shot was saved in two halves by Pope.
Eddie Howe also made a move, in his case to give a break to Trippier and Tonalli, who were both sacked. City gradually took over the game, with everyone looking for Haaland for the Norwegian to solve the problem. Newcastle dug in and Pep shook the bench again, giving Doku and Savinho minutes in search of victory. But Bernado Silva, on 90+2, had a goal in his boots, but what he ran into was Pope’s victory.
Source: La Verdad
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