Julian Alvarez’s fine first-half strike handed Manchester City a hard-fought 1-0 win over Newcastle United in their first home match since winning the treble.
The World Cup winner curled a shot into the top corner after 31 minutes of a tight Premier League encounter at the Etihad Stadium and it proved enough for the champions to claim all three points.
Newcastle, buoyed by thrashing Aston Villa 5-1 in their season opener last week, had travelled in hope of claiming their first league win at City for almost 23 years. Yet the hosts, despite making just two changes following their draining European Super Cup venture in Athens in midweek, were too strong and successfully nullified Eddie Howe’s side.
Pep Guardiola’s men were far from their fluid best, but they produced a professional performance to follow up their opening win at Burnley and in Alvarez and Phil Foden they had the brightest players on the pitch.
Relive the action from the Premier League match below.
Man City vs Newcastle – Premier League updates
Man City beat Newcastle 1-0 in the Premier League
Julian Alvarez’s first-half goal enough for victory
REPORT: Man City’s stand-ins step up again and send message to the rest
FULL-TIME! Man City 1-0 Newcastle
31’ – GOAL! Alvarez curls home the opener (MCI 1-0 NEW)
City started the season with a comfortable win over Burnley and beat Sevilla in the Super Cup in midweek
Manchester City FC 1 – 0 Newcastle United FC
Man City’s stand-ins step up again and send message to the rest
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Take three talismanic attacking midfielders out of a treble-winning team and even Manchester City might struggle. Or so the theory went, anyway. Even as they paraded the trio of trophies they secured last season, it was in the absence of a triumvirate with rare and complementary gifts, in the departed Ilkay Gundogan, the injured Kevin de Bruyne and the ill Bernardo Silva. And yet as they overcame the opening weekend’s most impressive side, the rising force, perhaps the pretenders to their crown, it was their replacements who proved decisive.
Mateo Kovacic to Phil Foden to Julian Alvarez. Goal. Newcastle were defeated and, even at this early stage, it could be a six-pointer of a strike. Kovacic was the first summer signing, Foden and Alvarez the world-class talent and World Cup winner who started finals on the bench last season, the deluxe deputies waiting for an opportunity, and then seizing it.
Richard Jolly’s report from the Etihad:
Man City’s stand-ins step up again and send message to the rest
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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Manuel Akanji discusses City’s win over Newcastle
FULL-TIME! Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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Here was the only goal of the game. A lovely finish by Alvarez and it was enough to secure all three points in the end.
FULL-TIME! Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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And it’s all over! Job done for City as Alvarez’s first-half goal gives them a 1-0 triumph. They’re good value for it, in truth.
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Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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90+4 mins: Haaland tries to keep the ball in the corner and eventually wins a corner. Newcastle then finally earn a goal-kick with 60 seconds left. One last chance?
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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90+2 mins: City having all of the ball and keeping it in Newcastle’s half. Ideal when you’re nursing a 1-0 lead.
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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90 mins: Five minutes of injury-time. Five minutes for Newcastle to try and fashion an equaliser.
SAVE! Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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89 mins: Another counter, led by Haaland this time and he slips in Foden overlapping on the right. Tight angle but he tries to fire the ball into the far corner and Pope sticks out a leg to tip it wide for a corner. May have been going wide anyway but Pope couldn’t be sure.
The corner comes to nothing.
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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88 mins: City pour forward on the counter, Alvarez slips the ball across to Foden who has Walker roaring past him ont he overlap but he shoots instead and it’s blocked. The chance goes and Newcastle are still in this at only 1-0 down.
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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86 mins: Sven Botman off and on for his Newcastle debut is Tino Livramento. The England U21 international was brilliant for Southampton two years ago but then suffered a knee injury that kept him out for over a year.
He returned in May and then joined Newcastle for around £30m this summer. A great moment for him to make his debut.
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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83 mins: Foden just ghosting past players as he brings the ball out of defence to launch a City counter. Newcastle eventually repel the attack though.
City holding possession in the Newcastle half, just waiting to see if an opening appears.
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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78 mins: End to end stuff now! Newcastle with the pressure at one end but Foden nips in to seize a loose ball from Bruno Guimaraes and speeds down the right on the counter-attack.
He tries to slide it into Haaland but Schar reads it brilliantly, cuts it out and then strides out of defence with the ball. Entertaining stuff as the spaces start to open up.
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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76 mins: Anderson whips a ball in from the right that runs through and Trippier then follows that with a dangerous ball of his own. A bit of sustained pressure from Newcastle.
Almiron does well to keep the ball in over in the corner but City hold firm defensively.
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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74 mins: Newcastle may have to start throwing caution to the wind at some point. City are starting to enter game management mode as they look to kill this off.
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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70 mins: As long as it stays 1-0, Newcastle are still in this.
As if to prove that point – City give the ball away in midfield, Rodri caught in possession, and Callum Wilson runs at the defence in what is a two-on-one. He should slip the ball to his right to the onrushing Almiron but tries to cut to the left, allowing Gvardiol to get a foot in. Barnes then strikes the loose ball but it’s straight at Ederson.
In the aftermath, Bruno Guimaraes goes in hard on Phil Foden and is booked.
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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66 mins: Two more subs for Newcastle. Alexander Isak and Sandro Tonali – both of whom have been far quieter than they were against Villa in the season opener – come off, with Callum Wilson and Elliot Anderson coming on.
SAVE! Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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64 mins: The Foden-Haaland connection almost does it again! Foden again the creator as he runs at the Magpies and finds Haaland around the edge of the box.
The striker drops a shoulder and goes outside, strikes cleanly at goal but Nick Pope can save with his foot. Foden really has been electric this evening.
MISS! Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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63 mins: You think Haaland has to score! Phil Foden has lit up the Etihad this evening and he links up with Alvarez in the centre, glides forward with the ball and slips it into Haaland’s feet.
The Norwegian turns Botman inside out and gets a shot off with his left foot but doesn’t hit it cleanly and it bobbles wide
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Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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59 mins: Incredible defending by Schar! It’s superb by Haaland who moves himself into some space and slips a gorgeous ball into Haaland but Schar slides in form behind, hooks his leg round and pushes the ball away.
Great recovery defence by the Swiss star just as Haaland was prepared to lash that ball home.
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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58 mins: Newcastle press City but they’re so comfortable with their triangles that they manoeuvre around it with ease.
Harvey Barnes then shown a yellow card shortly after coming on. He hauls back a marauding Walker – simple decision for the ref.
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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55 mins: A double Newcastle sub. Unsurprisingly, Anthony Gordon, walking that yellow card tightrope, is subbed off for Harvey Barnes, while Sean Longstaff is on for Joelinton – who appeared to hurt himself while fouling Foden in that last passage of play.
Barnes did score off the bench last week and the Magpies wouldn’t mind the same here.
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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53 mins: This is starting to get a bit tasty! Bodies strewn all over the pitch now!
Joelinton clumsily takes out Phil Foden and gets a yellow card for his troubles. But just before that, Anthony Gordon plays with fire! He’s on a yellow card already and challenges Ruben Dias. He’s a shade late as Dias clears but he gets away with it, referee not interested. On another day, that could have been a second booking.
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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51 mins: A nice ball across the box from the right by Foden but Newcastle deal with it. Alvarez then brought down in the middle of the field but the free-kick comes to nothing.
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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48 mins: A pretty lively start to this second half from Newcastle. An early (optimistic) penalty shout for a foul on Alexander Isak, although the offside flag was up anyway.
They then go straight back on the attack and City forced to hack clear. Gordon then gets a half yard on Walker in the box but he’s going away from goal and his shot is skewed well over.
KICK-OFF! Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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45 mins: Back underway at the Etihad
HALF-TIME! Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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I think Pep Guardiola enjoyed Julian Alvarez’s opener…
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HALF-TIME! Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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A solid first half from Man City. They’ve dominated possession and while clear-cut chances haven’t exactly been abundant, they lead through Julian Alvarez’s curled finish.
Work to do for Newcastle after the break.
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Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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45+2 mins: Great ball into the box from Trippier out on the right causes consternation in the City defence. Gordon has a bit of space at the back stick but tries to control it, rather than striking the ball first time, allowing City to scramble away.
Gordon has to hit that on the volley there, surely?
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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45+1 mins: Into three minutes of added time as we drift towards half-time.
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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43 mins: Good work by Walker to start the move, worked out to the left where Grealish gets to the by-line and wins a corner.
Decent ball to the back post where Rodri wins the header but Newcastle clear.
CLOSE! Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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41 mins: Oooh, that wasn’t far away from Erling Haaland!
A stunning ball from Ederson out to Alvarez on the left, who drags defenders with him. That creates space in the centre, Haaland gets half a yard in the box and flashes a shot across the face of goal. It’s beyond a diving Pope’s outstretched arm but just inches wide of the right upright. All from a brilliant pass by the goalkeeper.
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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40 mins: Coming towards the end of the first half. City have settled into it well now.
Here’s that Alvarez goal, by the way. Classy finish from the World Cup winner.
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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37 mins: Newcastle won’t panic. That was City’s first shot on target, so they’d done what they set out to in the early going.
They have a free-kick just inside the City half and put the ball into the box. It comes off Almiron and hits Kovacic’s hand but they’re right by his body and it was from point-blank range. VAR has a quick check but says play on – correct call.
Man City 1-0 Newcastle
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33 mins: It really was a lovely touch and cutback from Foden for the goal.
The England international is flowing now and strides forward with the ball. Sandro Tonali gets a yellow card as he brings Foden down trying to catch up.
GOAL! Man City 1-0 Newcastle (Julian Alvarez, 31 mins)
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And out of nowhere it’s 1-0 to City!
Kovacic fizzes a ball into the feet of Foden, who takes a lovely touch and cuts it back to Julian Alvarez just inside the box. One touch to get it out of his feet and whips it into the far left corner!
Nick Pope got fingertips to it but wasn’t stopping that!
Man City 0-0 Newcastle
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30 mins: The home crowd starting to pick up now. Grealish puts a couple of balls in from the left but dealt with well by the Newcastle defenders so far. Possession in more dangerous areas for City though.
Man City 0-0 Newcastle
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28 mins: Good defending by Botman! Foden finds space in the channel on the left and puts a very dangerous ball across the box but Botman gets in to clear ahead of Haaland. City just starting to turn the screw ever so slightly…
Man City 0-0 Newcastle
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27 mins: A long ball up towards Haaland but Botman and Schar squeeze him out well. Then some intricate play around the edge of the area but Rodri’s pass cut out.
A cross-field ball to Walker but he has to stretch to stop it going out for a goal-kick and can only steer it into Nick Pope’s arms. Walker caught Gordon napping there though and got behind him.
Man City 0-0 Newcastle
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24 mins: Ruben Dias goes down screaming in pain and banging the floor. In fairness, it’s not a great challenge by Anthony Gordon, he raked his studs down the back of Dias’s calf.
A yellow card for the former Everton man – no complaints there.
Man City 0-0 Newcastle
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22 mins: Newcastle won’t be unhappy with how this match has gone at all as we reach the midway point of the first half. They’ve largely negated City despite the hists’ inevitable dominance of possession. Good defensive discipline from Eddie Howe’s men
Man City 0-0 Newcastle
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A few snaps from the early going at the Etihad
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Man City 0-0 Newcastle
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17 mins: 75 per cent possession for City so far. Not that they’ve done a huge amount with it. Patience is very much one of their virtues though, of course.
Anthony Gordon fizzes a low ball across the City box but Akanji clears into the stands. Nicely dealt with.
Man City 0-0 Newcastle
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14 mins: A first real shot in anger from City. Walker with a bit of space down the right, works the ball back infield to Akanji, via Foden, and the centre-back curls an effort at goal but a long way over.
Akanji looks to be in that ‘Stones’ role – more midfield than defence – today.
Man City 0-0 Newcastle
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12 mins: A slight let-off for Newcastle. Joelinton gets caught out by the City press and the ball falls to Haaland midway in the opposition half. A lay-off to Foden, who slides the ball back through to the big Norwegian but it’s slightly behind him and the touch is heavy, so it’s harmlessly out for a goal-kick.
A warning though.
Man City 0-0 Newcastle
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10 mins: Grealish cuts in from the left and shoots at goal but a sliding block by his England teammate Trippier averts the danger. Nothing clear-cut in terms of opportunities for either side so far as they feel each other out.
Man City 0-0 Newcastle
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7 mins: Promising fro Newcastle down the right as Trippier overlaps beyond Almiron but the right-back is caught just offside.
At the other end, a nice ball into feet from Grealish to Haaland but his little attempted flick to Alvarez is cut out by the Magpies. Good defending.
Man City 0-0 Newcastle
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5 mins: Grealish out on the left, with Foden in a more central role seems to be the way City have lined up so far. Alvarez will look to push on and almost form a two up top with Haaland as much as possible, you’d think.
City dominating possession in the early going as you might expect.
Man City 0-0 Newcastle
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3 mins: Schar is going to try to continue. We’ll keep an eye on the Newcastle centre-back.
Man City 0-0 Newcastle
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1 mins: Ooof. This looks like a painful one for Fabian Schar. He goes up for a ball with Erling Haaland and hits the ground hard. He may have landed on his shoulder/collarbone.
The physio is on and he looks in some discomfort. This would be a blow for Newcastle…
KICK-OFF! Man City 0-0 Newcastle
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And we’re underway at the Etihad. This could be a cracker.
Man City vs Newcastle
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Minutes away from kick-off now. Warm-ups complete
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Man City vs Newcastle
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Not long until kick-off now at the Etihad. Are City slightly vulnerable against an in-form Newcastle and coming off a busy week?
History is certainly not on the Magpies’ side…
Newcastle have never won in 18 Premier League games at the Etihad, drawing two and losing 16. Their last victory away at Man City came at Maine Road back in September 2000 with Alan Shearer scoring the only goal of the game.
Man City have lost just one of their last 31 Premier League games against Newcastle and that defeat was a 2-1 loss at St James’ Park in January 2019.
Man City have won all of their last 14 home games against Newcastle – making it the longest winning home run and Newcastle’s longest losing away run against specific opposition in the club’s league histories.
Manchester City would be ‘killed’ if we spent like Chelsea have – Pep Guardiola
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Pep Guardiola has claimed Manchester City would be “killed” if they spent the sort of sums being coughed up by Chelsea over the last 12 months.
City’s spending has long been scrutinised since Sheikh Mansour’s takeover in 2008, with the club still facing 115 Premier League charges for alleged breaches of financial regulations.
But Guardiola insisted their approach had always been prudent, in contrast to that taken by Todd Boehly’s ownership group at Stamford Bridge, where the arrival of former City academy star Romeo Lavia this week had taken spending to nearly £1bn since the start of last summer.
Manchester City would be ‘killed’ if we spent like Chelsea have – Pep Guardiola
Manchester City’s Super Cup victory shows that Cole Palmer is a gem to be treasured
19:34 , Luke Baker
First Istanbul, then Athens. Manchester City have bookended their summer by going from east Manchester to eastern Europe and returning with continental trophies. They added the Super Cup to the Champions League, their fourth piece of silverware of 2023, when Sevilla’s Nemanja Gudelj missed a penalty.
Erling Haaland, Julian Alvarez, Mateo Kovacic, Jack Grealish and Kyle Walker – the captain, a particularly rare penalty taker, breathed a sigh of relief when his effort squeezed under Bono – found the net in an increasingly tense shootout. There was outstanding goalkeeping in the preceding 90 minutes but neither Ederson nor Bono made a save thereafter and when Gudelj’s spot kick was a fraction high, the City celebrations began.
If Ederson was one who starred for a depleted City side, so did Cole Palmer, the youngster developing a taste for the big occasion. In two August finals, Palmer has scored two excellent goals, a Community Shield strike and a Super Cup equaliser; only Michael Owen had previously done the double of scoring in each in the same season. Each goal may have been a blow to the clubs hoping to take Palmer on loan: he is staking a case to be involved at the Etihad Stadium more often. Scorer of the Champions League final winner, Rodri, added a Super Cup assist with a deep cross. Palmer stole in at the far post to head back across goal and, buoyed by his goal, he sought a winner with a shot Bono parried, one which followed an audacious drag-back.
Richard Jolly reflects on a first trophy of the season for City:
Manchester City’s Super Cup victory shows that Cole Palmer is a gem to be treasured
Kevin De Bruyne facing up to four months out and may require surgery
19:28 , Luke Baker
Pep Guardiola says Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne faces up to four months out and could require surgery on a hamstring injury.
The 32-year-old was forced off in the first half of June’s Champions League final triumph against Inter Milan and did not play a single minute of pre-season.
De Bruyne returned from that hamstring issue as a second-half substitute in the Community Shield shoot-out loss to Arsenal and captained the side against Burnley in Friday’s Premier League opener.
But the Belgium playmaker only lasted 23 minutes at Turf Moor, where seemingly out of nothing he signalled to the bench that he had felt something.
Kevin De Bruyne facing up to four months out and may require surgery
A predictable start to the Premier League season sees Erling Haaland pick up where he left off
19:22 , Luke Baker
After a summer bursting with unexpected plot lines, a familiar story emerges. As a host of intriguing new characters are added to the cast list, the main man reasserted his dominance. As the Premier League returned, so did Erling Haaland. Perhaps it was the most crushingly predictable start to a season imaginable. For now, Manchester City are top of the table and Haaland is the top scorer. Fast forward nine months and each statement may remain true.
There was, though, something devastatingly awesome amid the sense of the normal. Haaland’s defence of his Golden Boot began within 185 seconds of the opening whistle. He is a fine first-time finisher, but this was a different kind of first touch: his first of the top-flight campaign entered the Burnley net. His second goal arrived before half-time – a goal with a devastating blend of power and accuracy. None of which spared him an animated tongue-lashing from head coach Pep Guardiola as they made their way off at half-time but, along with a Rodri goal, it proved too much for Burnley.
Champions of the Championship lost to champions of the Premier League and, indeed, Europe. None of which may surprise Burnley coach Vincent Kompany – the man with a statue outside the Etihad Stadium was a regular visitor to the ground last season – or the Turf Moor faithful. There are one-sided rivalries and then there is Burnley against City: Guardiola’s 12th consecutive win against the Clarets took the aggregate score in that time to 43-1.
City opened up their Premier League title defence in style:
A predictable start to the season sees Erling Haaland pick up where he left off
Sandro Tonali inspires Newcastle to stunning Premier League start in Aston Villa thrashing
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Sandro Tonali paid off the first instalment of his £52m transfer fee as he marked a fine debut with his first goal and inspired Newcastle to a 5-1 drubbing of Aston Villa.
The 23-year-old Italy international opened the scoring just six minutes into his first competitive appearance for the Magpies and had a hand in two more of their goals as Alexander Isak helped himself to a double and substitutes Callum Wilson and Harvey Barnes struck late on after Moussa Diaby, also making his bow in England’s top flight, had levelled.
Here’s how the Magpies started the season with a bang:
Sandro Tonali inspires Newcastle to stunning Premier League start
Man City vs Newcastle team news
19:10 , Luke Baker
Ok, so what have we learned from that team news?
As expected, Newcastle are unchanged from their opening-day win, so the likes of Callum Wilson and Joe Willock will provide firepower from the bench.
Meanwhile for City, Ruben Dias is passed fit to start at centre-back and Julian Alvarez has recovered from his slight knock to start in the attacking third. John Stones and Bernardo Silva haven’t recovered in time to feature though
Confirmed line-ups
Man City XI: Ederson; Walker, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol; Rodri, Kovacic; Foden, Alvarez, Grealish; Haaland
Newcastle XI: Pope; Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn; Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Almiron, Isak, Gordon.
Man City vs Newcastle team news
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The teams are in.
When is Man City vs Newcastle and how can I watch it?
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When is Man City vs Newcastle?
Manchester City vs Newcastle is due to kick-off at 8pm on Saturday 19 August at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.
How can I watch it?
Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch the match live on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate, with coverage on the channels – from which BT Sport was rebranded over the summer – from 7pm.
Man City vs Newcastle odds and prediction
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Odds
Man City win 7/10
Draw 3/1
Newcastle win 15/4
Prediction
A rare week where City look fallible and with Newcastle flying high, they could earn a draw at the Etihad. Man City 1-1 Newcastle
Early team news – Newcastle
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Newcastle’s injury news is ‘as you were’ with no new issues and no recoveries following their opening-day thrashing of Aston Villa. That means Javier Manquillo (groin), Joe Willock (hamstring) and Emil Krafth (knee) remain unavailable.
The likes of Callum Wilson, Harvey Barnes and Jacob Murphy, who all impressed off the bench against Villa, will be pushing for starts but Eddie Howe may be loathed to disrupt the rhythm of his team.
Predicted Newcastle XI: Pope; Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn; Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Almiron, Isak, Gordon.
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Early team news – Man City
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Pep Guardiola has a few injury concerns as John Stones (muscle injury) and Bernardo Silva (illness) have joined now long-term absentee Kevin De Bruyne (hamstring) on the sidelines.
Ruben Dias is only a “maybe” to play following last week’s concussion, although he was on the bench against Sevilla in midweek, while Julian Alvarez was “in discomfort” before that Super Cup clash and could only appear as a late substitute, although will be pushing to start.
Predicted Man City XI: Ederson; Walker, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol; Rodri, Kovacic; Foden, Alvarez, Grealish; Haaland
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Is Man City vs Newcastle on TV? How to watch Premier League fixture
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Fresh off an opening-day win over Burnley and a hard-fought midweek Super Cup triumph over Sevilla, Manchester City face an early test of their title credentials by welcoming Newcastle United to the Etihad Stadium.
City were pushed all the way by Sevilla on Wednesday night before eventually winning on penalties but it was additional stress they probably could have done without and Newcastle may sense an opportunity, especially with the injuries City are facing – talisman Kevin De Bruyne set to spend months on the sidelines with a hamstring concern, while the likes of John Stones, Ruben Dias and Bernardo Silva are all either confirmed out or doubts.
Meanwhile, the Magpies will be full of confidence after brilliantly beating Aston Villa 5-1 on the opening day to suggest that they’re ready to build on last season’s top-four finish.
A result at the Etihad would certainly be a statement from Eddie Howe’s men but they might just fancy catching City at an opportune moment, even though they’ll be led in attack by the irrepressible Erling Haaland.
Man City vs Newcastle: How to watch Premier League fixture
Man City vs Newcastle – Premier League updates
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Welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of Man City vs Newcastle.
This should be a fascinating contest between last season’s treble winners and a top-four side. City’s injury woes and a tough midweek Super Cup against Sevilla may have the Magpies sensing an opportunity.
Stick with us for full live action.
