This was the night Pep Guardiola's faith in his squad was rewarded. The Manchester City manager boldly made 10 changes, as he gave Erling Haaland the night off and named Gianluigi Donnarumma, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Ruben Dias, Marc Guehi, Rodri, Rayan Cherki, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Antoine Semenyo on a stacked bench. Well, the visitors quickly provided an answer after rallying in impressive fashion. His team mirrored that desire to progress and, at one point, Omar Marmoush sprinted back into his own half to cut out a breakaway from Joe Willock. Newcastle must be sick of the sight of the Egyptian, who has now scored half of his goals for Manchester City against Howe's team.

Source: BBC March 08, 2026 05:07 UTC