Manchester City slipped again in the sixth week of the 2024/2025 Premier League. Visiting Newcastle United’s headquarters, The Cityzens had to be satisfied with sharing points after the match ended with a score of 1-1.
Manchester City managed to take the lead in this match thanks to Josko Gvardiol’s goal in the first half. However, Newcastle managed to equalize thanks to Anthony Gordon’s penalty goal in the second half.
Thanks to this victory, Manchester City is still at the top of the EPL standings with 14 points, while Newcastle rose to fifth place with 11 points.
Playing at St James Park, this match was fierce. Newcastle as the host tried to take the initiative to attack.
Even so, Manchester City was the first team to spread a real threat. In the seventh minute, Erling Haaland had time to release a shot from a narrow angle which was successfully secured by Pope.
After that, the exchange of attacks took place between the two teams. Both of them created a number of good opportunities.
However, after making a number of attempts, Manchester City managed to open the lead in the 35th minute. Receiving a pass from Jack Grealish, Josko Gvardiol entered the Newcastle penalty box, tricked the home defender and then fired a curved low shot that went into Pope’s goal. The visitors were leading 1-0 in this match.
Five minutes later, Newcastle’s goal was almost breached when Pope gave the wrong pass to Burn. Gundogan managed to win the ball and fired a lob shot that was saved by Pope. Meanwhile, at the end of the first half, Newcastle had spread a real threat through Joelinton’s hard shot which was blocked by Ederson. The score of 1-0 closed the first half.
Entering the second half, Newcastle immediately stepped on the gas. They tried to immediately catch up with City.
In the 56th minute, disaster struck Manchester City after Guimaraes was brought down in City’s penalty box. Anthony Gordon, who was appointed as the penalty executioner, successfully carried out his duties well so that the score became equal 1-1.
The goal made the match even more exciting. The reason is that Newcastle is increasingly confident to attack, on the other hand Manchester City also increased the intensity of their attacks to reverse their advantage.
Pep realized that his team was at a standstill. As a result, he brought in several attacking players such as Savinho, Phil Foden and Jeremy Doku to increase their attacking power.
In the rest of the second half, Manchester City was slightly more dominant than the hosts. They bombarded Newcastle’s defense, but until the second half ended the score remained 1-1.
