De Bruyne saves Manchester City!

The stakes were high for Newcastle And Manchester City when it comes time to face each other this Saturday. On the one hand, the Magpies hoped to win to stay in contact with the leading car and the European places, while the Skyblues aimed to catch up with Aston Villa in second place in the standings, two points from Liverpool.

Chain of jewelry

Despite the loss of Ederson to injury, Pep Guardiola’s men largely dominated the start of the match by creating the first big situations. They finally find the fault in a brilliant gesture of Bernardo Silva who, with a wave of his weak foot, takes a cross from Kyle Walker and opens the scoring. (0-1, 26th)

OHHH BERNARDO SILVA WHAT IS THIS GOAL 😱😱

WHAT A GESTURE! 🤯#NEWMCI | #PremierLeague pic.twitter.com/vHEp9WcnJQ

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Still dominating, the Cityzens did not push the point home and were going to be punished in quick succession. In the 35th minute, Bruno Guimaraes’ sublime opening finds Alexander Isak who performs a superb technical sequence before deceiving Stefan Ortega with a curling shot from the right. (1-1, 35th) It is imitated barely three minutes later by Anthony Gordon which concludes a counterattack against the Black and White and defaults to Ortega on the same side (2-1, 37th). This goal marks a turning point in this match since the speed of Gordon and Almiron on the sides makes City’s defense dizzy, whose players begin to get annoyed, like Rodri at the end of the first half. After an explosive 45 minutes, Newcastle returned to the locker room with a one-goal lead.

The masterful rolls of Isak and Gordon to take the advantage against Manchester City 😍#NEWMCI | #PremierLeague pic.twitter.com/GhdlUOwFo3

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De Bruyne as a hero

In the second period, the Mancuniens continued to assert their domination to return to this match and increased the attacks on Dubravka’s cage. We will finally have to wait for the entry of Kevin De Bruyne to see the visitors pick up the score. With a perfectly placed shot at the edge of the area, the Belgian playmaker equalizes and shows once again how essential he is to his team. (2-2, 74th)

Carried by this new momentum, De Bruyne and his teammates pushed again to completely turn this match around and created new chances through Phil Foden and Rodri. To conclude this totally crazy scenario, the young Oscar Bob, served by an illumination from De Bruyne, is full of composure and deceives Dubravka to give victory to his team. (2-3, 91st)

Thanks to this success, Manchester City returns to two points behind Liverpool with as many matches played, while Newcastle are floundering in the middle of the table.