Newcastle United 0-1 Manchester City: 5 Talking Points

#4 Newcastle lucky to not be swamped

Newcastle players stood back and defended for the greater part of the game

If it wasn't for City's profligacy in front of goal, the Magpies would have got drowned in a pool of goals and the officers on the scene would file the report without even flinching and categorize the slaughter under 'routine and ordinary'.

Newcastle United weren't willing to take the game to the Cityzens and instead turned into a pressure sponge as they sat deep and let them take complete control over the game.

On a night when Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero were wasteful in front of goal, Manchester City took close to 20 shots on goal and found the net just once. Well, that was enough.

In fact, Newcastle were decent for a total of 10 minutes in the entire game and one such spell came right after City scored. Benitez's men looked like they will stop at nothing to pull one back and Rolando Aarons nearly did that but for Otamendi's spectacular headed clearance at the goalline.