Goodness knows what might have happened had City been at their best, rather than playing within themselves. Certainly not for Howe who has now lost all his 11 Premier League encounters with a City team on a run of eight successive league wins. Rùben Dias heads Manchester City into an early lead. Photograph: Peter Powell/EPAThe former Bournemouth manager said he had selected a team of “really good athletes” full of “energy and vibrancy”. Newcastle were subsequently rightly aggrieved not to be awarded a blatant penalty after Ederson upended Ryan Fraser in the wake of Cancelo’s defensive interception.

Source: The Guardian December 20, 2021 11:31 UTC