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Jamie Jackson was at the Etihad tonight. Here\u2019s his verdict. Thanks for reading this MBM.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Eddie Howe\u2019s turn. \u201cWe were right in the game \u2026 we gave everyting \u2026 disappointing with the two goals we conceded \u2026 they were out of context with the general performance which was really strong defensively \u2026 chased the game well in the second half \u2026 always in it until the very end \u2026 credit to the players \u2026 we went deep and hard \u2026 we kept going and believing.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Pep Guardiola speaks to TNT Sports. \u201cMassive \u2026 Newcastle is incredible \u2026 awesome \u2026 physicality \u2026 speed \u2026 really tough but [we] were unbelievable \u2026 one step at a time \u2026 70 percent of our players have not played in that situation [a title run-in] and I don\u2019t play \u2026 we have to live it \u2026 we know every game until the end of the season will be like this \u2026 today we had the best crowd of the year \u2026 I am really proud to be manager \u2026 now is rest and we prepare for Leeds \u2026 since Saudi Arabia took over [Newcastle] and Eddie Howe is there, the way they play is unbelievable \u2026 that is why I\u2019m really pleased for the way we played today.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Marc Guehi \u2013 clearly content with life at his new club \u2013 arrives for a chat with TNT. \u201cThese games are always difficult \u2026 Newcastle are such a difficult team to play against \u2026 their intensity and endeavour \u2026 quality on the ball \u2026 a really good win today \u2026 I won\u2019t say a statement win but it puts us in a really good position moving forward \u2026 what a top club this place is \u2026 everyone has been so welcoming \u2026 I\u2019ve had to adapt and change my game completely \u2026 more thought process than physical \u2026 thinking a lot \u2026 when to pass the ball \u2026 committing players \u2026 so many different aspects \u2026 I am learning on the job \u2026 I\u2019ve had a lot of help \u2026 it\u2019s fantastic \u2026 how you see [Pep Guardiola] on the television is how he is in real life \u2026 enthusiastic, passionate, intense, a winner \u2026 he wants to win but wants to win his way \u2026 I\u2019m glad I have the opportunity to be here!\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Game Recognising Game extra! Anthony Gordon and his England team-mate Marc Guehi deep in conversation, swapping war stories. Clear respect for each other after a highly entertaining battle. Gordon throws an arm around his pal\u2019s shoulder and pats congratulations before disappearing down the tunnel. Another local hero warbles a celebratory song over the PA: \u201cYou could wait for a lifetime \/ To spend your days in the sunshine!\u201d It\u2019s hosing down in Manchester, of course.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Manchester City\u2019s two-goal hero Nico O\u2019Reilly, the player of the match, speaks to TNT. \u201cI\u2019m over the moon with tonight \u2026 the win was the most important thing \u2026 trying to close the gap and apply as much pressure as possible \u2026 also very happy with the two goals \u2026 it\u2019s a dream of mine to win something like [the Premier League] \u2026 there are a lot of games to go \u2026 take each game as it comes \u2026 I\u2019m enjoying every moment \u2026 I\u2019ll take it all in \u2026 we always believe we can win games \u2026 we just need to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Manchester City sparkled in attack during the first half; they required plenty of defensive grit in the second. Newcastle\u2019s long losing run at the Etihad goes on \u2013 that\u2019s now 17 on the bounce in this particular Premier League fixture \u2013 but they did themselves proud here tonight. They pushed Manchester City<\/a> all the way. Both sets of players embrace at the end, game recognising game. This determined win will give Pep Guardiola\u2019s side great heart as they attempt to chase down Arsenal. Over to Mikel Arteta\u2019s side tomorrow!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.01 EST<\/p>\n FULL TIME: Manchester City 2-1 Newcastle United<\/p>\n Manchester City hang on for three precious points! Newcastle made them fight for them.<\/p>\n Manchester City’s keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma celebrates with goalscorer Nico O’Reilly and Erling Haaland after the match. Photograph: Scott Heppell\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.08 EST<\/p>\n 90 min +5: From the corner, some bedlam in the City box! But Donnarumma does just enough to divert clear under extreme pressure. That should be that.<\/p>\n Manchester City’s Gianluigi Donnarumma gets the ball away from Newcastle United’s keeper Nick Pope. Photograph: Scott Heppell\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.11 EST<\/p>\n 90 min +4: Haaland blazes down the right wing and storms inside. He can\u2019t get a shot away, Thiaw sticking to him like glue. Newcastle go up the other end. A long ball headed down. Barnes, on the edge of the D, sweeps towards the bottom left. Donnarumma fingertips around the post! Pope to come up for the corner!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min +3: On TNT Sports, the co-commentator Glenn Hoddle names Manchester City\u2019s two-goal hero Nico O\u2019Reilly as his player of the match.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min +2: Tonali goes down for a few seconds. So expect the match to click past the 90+4 mark.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min +1: Haaland tries to poke past Pope, but the keeper blocks. Then City come again, and Foden\u2019s low drive is kicked away by Pope. City so close to wrapping up the win (x2)!<\/p>\n Manchester City’s Erling Haaland is thwarted by Newcastle United’s keeper Nick Pope. Photograph: Ed Sykes\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.13 EST<\/p>\n 90 min: Osula tries to close down Donnarumma. The keeper calmly wedges over the in-rushing striker\u2019s head. City counter, and Cherki should free Foden into the box down the right, but miscues the pass. There will be four additional minutes, and nobody in the City of Manchester Stadium considers this over yet.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 89 min: Rodri is yanked back, arm around neck, by Joelinton, who is booked. And the clock ticks on. The home fans celebrate that \u2026 well, not quite like a goal. But it\u2019s a loud cheer nonetheless. A release of tension.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 88 min: Murphy has the opportunity to release Osula down the middle \u2026 and pings the perfect defence-splitting pass. Only problem is, Osula had given up on the move and wasn\u2019t looking! So the chance goes a-begging.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 87 min: Semenyo is replaced by Foden.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 86 min: Cherki threatens to make good ground down the left, but is grappled to the floor by Joelinton. There wasn\u2019t a whole lot in that, Cherki making the most of it. But needs must during the title run-in, huh.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 84 min: \u201cCome on City!\u201d The home fans trying to heave their heroes over the line.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 82 min: A Newcastle free kick on halfway. Murphy curls it into the mixer. It\u2019s inviting, but Burn, lunging in at the far stick, can\u2019t connect, eight yards out. City aren\u2019t exactly hanging on, but Newcastle are coming at them. Everyone in sky blue extremely nervous.<\/p>\n Newcastle United\u2019s Dan Burn stretches, but fails, to get on the end of a cross. Photograph: Martin Rickett\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.04 EST<\/p>\n 80 min: Guehi, from the left-back position, rolls a pass infield for Cherki, who plays a first-time sweep towards Ait-Nouri on the left touchline. He\u2019s free! Haaland in the middle, with only Burn in between. Burn does well to block the option for a pass, encouraging Ait-Nouri to shoot instead. Ait-Nouri loses control of the ball, which clanks off his toe and dribbles towards the bottom left. Pope claims. Had Ait-Nouri kept his head, City were wrapping up their win.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 78 min: Newcastle make another double change. Elanga and Gordon are replaced by Osula and Jacob Murphy.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.45 EST<\/p>\n 77 min: Joelinton takes a short-backlift snapshot from the middle of a melee near the City D. It flies wide of the top-left corner, but not by much. Decent improvisational skills.<\/p>\n Joelinton of Newcastle United shoots wide whilst under pressure from Erling Haaland and Antoine Semenyo of Manchester City. Photograph: Stu Forster\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.51 EST<\/p>\n 75 min: Hall pulls it back for Trippier, whose poor cross is claimed by Donnarumma. Still, Newcastle are giving this a proper go, and the home fans are jittery. The home team are jittery.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 74 min: Elanga\u2019s corner fails to beat the first man. Not the smartest decision to leave him on in retrospect. But Newcastle come again, Gordon battling with Haaland, now acting as an extra defender, down the right. Another corner is won. Hall to take this one.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 73 min: Elanga crosses from the right. Ait-Nouri deflects it behind for a corner. Newcastle are preparing to replace Elanga with Jacob Murphy but he\u2019s told to stay on for the set piece.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 72 min: Haaland bulldozes his way down the right and stomps infield, before unleashin a low drive that \u2026 hits the first defender.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 71 min: The nerves at the Etihad are palpable. The start of the run-in! Everyone loves it!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 69 min: Really scrappy. O\u2019Reilly can\u2019t sort his feet out to get a shot away, just inside the Newcastle box. Then the visitors counter, and Elanga has the opportunity to release Gordon down the middle, but delays the pass and a big chance is gone.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 68 min: Some pinball in the City box. Donnarumma slaps the ball half-clear. Barnes swings it back in from the left. Haaland sends a clearing header miles upfield. This is getting scrappy.<\/p>\n Manchester City’s Gianluigi Donnarumma half-clears the ball as he\u2019s put under pressure by Newcastle United’s Malick Thiaw. Photograph: Scott Heppell\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.42 EST<\/p>\n 67 min: Cherki nibbles at Hall in the centre circle. Then Nunes kicks the ball away. Newcastle point this out to the referee, with some feeling, but the City man gets away with it.<\/p>\n