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Man City vs. Newcastle live score, updates, highlights & lineups from crunch clash as Sterling finds breakthrough
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ETIHAD STADIUM, MANCHESTER — Raheem Sterling gave Manchester City a first-half lead against Newcastle as the defending Premier League champions look to go three points clear of Liverpool with three matches to play
Jurgen Klopp’s side were held to a 1-1 draw by Tottenham on Saturday, giving City the chance to open up what could prove to be a decisive advantage in a claustrophobic, relentless race for glory between England’s two leading teams.
But all eyes will be on how Pep Guardiola’s players respond from their improbable collapse during Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final at Real Madrid, where City lost 3-1 after extra-time and 6-5 on aggregate despite entering the final minute of the 90 at the Santiago Bernabeu with a two-goal cushion.
Sporting News is following the match live and providing live score updates and commentary.
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Man City vs. Newcastle live score
1H | 2H | Final | |
Man City | 1 | — | — |
Newcastle | 0 | — | — |
Goals:
MCI — Raheem Sterling (Joao Cancelo) — 19th min.
Man City vs. Newcastle live updates, highlights from Sunday’s Premier League clash
23rd minute: GOOOAA…no! Wood prods home form a corner but is offside. Nevertheless, that’s a let-off for City. Zinchenko did not need to give the corner away in the first place and they looked vulnerable again. Ederson then nearly made a complete hash of the resulting free-kick.
19th minute: GOAL!!!!!! Sterling!!!!!
Relief all around the Etihad Stadium! Gundogan orchestrates matters before flighting a fine ball over the Newcastle defence. Again Cancelo is afforded too much room but this time nods across goal for Sterling to head in.
15th minute: Plenty of people think City’s occasional weakness in front of goal will be solved by the arrival of a big-name striker, but that’s another glorious chance to fall to another member of the back four. Zinchenko crosses to unmarked fellow full-back Cancelo, who blazes wide. Guardiola trudges back to his dugout in a bit of a funk.
14th minute: Grealish overruns a dribble and then misses a backheel. Widespread grumbling. No good for anyone’s nerves.
11th minute Cancelo goes down under close attention from Saint-Maximin and is a touch fortunate to receive the free-kick. Newcastle are certainly taking every opportunity to see how fragile City’s defensive confidence might be post-Madrid.
10th minute: Now City should lead! Aymeric Laporte might have been one of the defenders culpable just then, but he finds himself unmarked from a left-wing corner, only to blaze over.
8th minute: OH! Huge chance for Newcastle! Saint-Maximin gets down the City right and his cross is cleared away from the waiting Joelinton. The visitors find joy down the same flank again but Wood appears to have no idea how much space and time he has, heading tamely at Ederson from close range.
6th minute: He was weirdly off-colour in midweek but De Bruyne is in Roy of the Rovers mode here. He tears through the middle with four Newcaste jerseys in pursuit. Again he finds Grealish, whose pass to the overlapping Zinchenko is under-hit and Dubravka claims the low cross.
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🔵 0-0 ⚫️ #ManCity pic.twitter.com/jU23xXrrxM
— Manchester City (@ManCity) May 8, 2022
5th minute: De Bruyne curls his effort harmlessly wide of the near post.
4th minute: De Bruyne gets chance to stretch his legs through midfield and plays in Grealish. The England man can’t get a shot away but possession is recycled and he wins a free-kick on the left corner of the box.
2nd minute: Nervous moments there for the hosts as Laporte mistakenly boots the ball at Gundogan, who then loses his footing to be disposessed on halfway. It’s the sort of counter-attacking situation you’ve seen Pep Guardiola sides punished from before but the danger is snuffed out.
1st minute: Sterling and Grealish line up on the right and left respectively for City, with Jesus through the middle. The Brazil forward immediately gives Dan Burn the hurry up. The champions looking to get out of the blocks quickly.
3 mins from kickoff: The teams are out. The bars – which seemed to be doing a roaring trade in nerve-settling refreshment about 10 minutes ago – have emptied and we’re good to go in front of a full house in east Manchester.
15 mins from kickoff: Having come agonisingly close to a couple of “repaid a chunk of his hefty price tag…” goals in midweek, it’s another big afternoon coming up fo this man.
🗣 “I’ve realised there’s much more to it than just 90 minutes on a football pitch once or twice a week.”
😤 Jack Grealish starts for #MCFC this afternoon – but the midfielder has opened up about how difficult he has found his £100m move to Manchester…💰#MCINEW | #PL pic.twitter.com/LyZ8YpqyDt
— 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 UK 🇬🇧 (@sportingnewsuk) May 8, 2022
20 mins from kickoff: Talking of title-race nerves, it could be a weird atmosphere here today. Sporting News made the journey over to the Etihad Stadium from Leeds, where a shared train line meant carriages packed with very merry Newcastle fans. It’s party time up in the north east, with relegation fears long gone and a bright future in prospect under Eddie Howe.
Even allowing for the boost of last night’s result, the mood inside the ground for the majority in sky blue feels pensive. This game is a team with everything to lose against a team with nothing to lose and that could very well inform how things unfold.
35 mins from kickoff: City are out and going through their warmups wearing shirts commemorating Sergio Aguero’s unforgettable title-clinching goal on this ground 10 years ago. It’s the anniversary this week but, after their Madrid travails, I reckon the City faithful would opt for something a bit less dramatic today.
55 mins from kickoff: Chris Wood leads the line for Newcastle, which means Joelinton probably dropping back into midfield for Eddie Howe’s side. Sean Longstaff starts in the engine room, with no Jonjo Shelvey in the matchday squad, while Jamaal Lascelles is back as captain in place of the injury Fabian Schar.
🚨 TEAM-NEWS 🚨#MCINEW pic.twitter.com/ZOpP7rNwv6
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) May 8, 2022
1hr from kickoff: Here’s the City XI. Sterling and Grealish do indeed come into refresh the forward line, but it’s Foden and Madrid goalscorer Mahrez who drop to the bench along with Bernardo Silva. That means Gundogan slotting into midfield, with Zinchenko replacing the injured Walker and Cancelo shuffling across to left-back.
📋 TEAM NEWS IS IN! 📋
XI | Ederson, Cancelo, Dias, Laporte, Zinchenko, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Gundogan (C), Grealish, Sterling, Jesus
SUBS | Steffen, Ake, Bernardo, Fernandinho, Mahrez, Foden, Egan-Riley, Mbete, Palmer#ManCity | @HaysTechnology pic.twitter.com/F6Y10pnfHn
— Manchester City (@ManCity) May 8, 2022
1hr 20 mins from kickoff: Of course, the big question is what state Guardiola’s players will be in when they take to the field. As much as Liverpool’s slip-up has handed them huge onus in the fight for the Premier League, the dramatic and heartbreaking manner of Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final exit at the hands of Real Madrid might have taken a toll.
1hr 30 mins from kickoff: Hello and welcome to Sporting News’ live coverage of Manchester City’s Premier League home match against Newcastle. We’ve been saying this every Saturday and Sunday for what seems like forever now, but this really could be a pivotal day in the title race. Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Tottenham at Anfield on Saturday means a win for Pep Guardiola’s men will put them three points clear with three games to play. Team news is half an hour away.
✨ IT’S MATCHDAY! ✨#ManCity pic.twitter.com/7mCEkqRhCa
— Manchester City (@ManCity) May 8, 2022
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How to watch Man City vs. Newcastle
UK | USA | Canada | Australia | |
Date | May 8 | May 8 | May 8 | May 9 |
Time | 4.30 p.m. | 11.30 a.m. ET | 11.30 a.m. ET | 1.30 a.m. AEST |
TV channel | Sky Sports Main Event | USA Network | DAZN | Optus Sport |
Streaming | Sky Sports | UNIVERSO NOW | DAZN | Optus Sport |
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