Manchester City | 3 - 1 | Newcastle United |
|---|---|---|
| Mario Balotelli (pen 41') |  | Dan Gosling (89') |
| Micah Richards (44') | | |
| Sergio Agüero (pen 72') | | |
| Date | : | Sat, Nov 19, 2011 | Time | : | 16:00 CET |
| Play on | : | Barclays Premier League |
'Manchester City 3 - 1 Newcastle United' 19th Nov Highlights 2011
Even City's admirers aggregate the action of a club that just appear losses of £194.9million getting affected to advertise that there would be no chips accessible at half-time.
The money has been spent on far added advantageous items admitting and two of the contempo big-money purchases, Mario Balotelli and Sergio Aguero, both denticulate from the atom in amid a abrasion accomplishment from civil apostle Micah Richards, who had an outstanding afternoon.
It maintained City's 100% home almanac in foreground of a amphitheater almanac crowd, although Alan Pardew's men could justifiably feel the scoreline did not pay due accolade to their own efforts, even afterwards Dan Gosling's consolation.
It was a amount of some achievement on Tyneside that Newcastle should arch into this three-match arrangement which sees affairs with both Manchester clubs followed by an appointment with Chelsea still unbeaten.
Few anticipation Alan Pardew's men would still be apprehension their aboriginal accident in a fortnight's time yet the aplomb that has soared with the Magpies fabricated them anticipate annihilation was possible.
And, if Demba Ba had profited during the visitors' best spell of the aperture period, they ability able-bodied accept headed aback to the north-east in even added afloat mood.
Instead, his snap-shot afterwards getting set up by Hatem Ben Arfa was angry abroad by Joe Hart afore he glanced a advance advanced from Yohan Cabaye's corner.
It was Ben Arfa's aboriginal Premier League alpha aback he bankrupt his leg in a claiming with Nigel de Jong in the agnate accoutrement endure season.
The brace accept aback fabricated up from what Ben Arfa acquainted was a awful accouterment by De Jong and thankfully there was no adumbration of a repeat.
It does assume City accept confused advanced aback afresh both in cadre and a added all-embracing style.
Yet again, they were the aggregation accustomed a lot of of the blackmail and afore Newcastle's amethyst patch, Aguero fizzed a attempt over the bar and Tim Krul produced an accomplished one-handed save to abjure Balotelli's abutting ambit header.
The Blues were still analytic for some affectionate of afflatus if Taylor fabricated his intervention.
He would be actual in claiming he was aural abutting adjacency of Yaya Toure's attempt 5 account afore the break.
However, adjudicator Chris Foy apparently took the appearance that with his arm outstretched, Taylor was allurement for trouble, which appropriately came in the anatomy of a amends if the brawl hit him central the box.
Never one to abstain a bit of drama, Balotelli strode boring to the spot-kick afore side-footing neatly into the basal corner.
It was the Italian's ninth ambition of the division and was acclaimed with a folding of the accoutrements and a barbarous stare.
Taylor's afternoon was anon to get worse as on City's next advance he approved to ascendancy Samir Nasri's through brawl and about-face at the aforementioned time.
All the full-back succeeded in accomplishing was acquiesce Richards the adventitious to intervene.
Mystifyingly disregarded by Fabio Capello, the full-back accomplished smartly and al of a sudden City were clear.
To their credit, Newcastle banned to let their active drop.
But the second-half just brought added affliction in their bid to annoyance themselves aback into the game.
First Ben Arfa collection a low attempt adjoin a column afterwards he had nipped in to rob Vincent Kompany.
Then Fabricio Coloccini belted a advance advanced afterwards getting best out absolutely bare from Yohan Cabaye's corner.
Finally, Hart denied Guthrie, who has sped into the box and gone for the far bend from an astute angle.
Having appear through those trials and tribulations unscathed, it seemed acrid that City should grab addition themselves afterwards Ben Arfa had beatific Richards aerobatics in the box.
With Balotelli replaced by David Silva, Aguero took over spot-kick duties and promptly beatific Krul the amiss way.
The afterimage of Aguero and Toure bruised off afore the end would be a anguish for administrator Roberto Mancini with Tuesday's must-not-lose Champions League cruise to Napoli looming.
And the City bang-up would not be too blessed that Gosling's accomplishment two account from time denied his ancillary a apple-pie sheet.
Manchester City vs Newcastle United Last 5 match
| Manchester City | Newcastle United |
| Nov 5, 2011, QPR 2 - 3 Man City | Nov 5, 2011, Newcastle 2 - 1 Everton |
| Nov 2, 2011, Villarreal 0 - 3 Man City | Oct 31, 2011, Stoke 1 - 3 Newcastle |
| Oct 29, 2011, Man City 3 - 1 Wolves | Oct 26, 2011, Blackburn 4 - 3 Newcastle |
| Oct 26, 2011, Wolves 2 - 5 Man City | Oct 22, 2011, Newcastle 1 - 0 Wigan Athletic |
| Oct 23, 2011, Man Utd. 1 - 6 Man City | Oct 16, 2011, Newcastle 2 - 2 Tottenham |
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