Man City vs Newcastle 2021-22 English Premier League

Manchester City

19': Raheem Sterling
38': Aymeric Laporte
61': Rodri
90': Phil Foden
90'+3': Raheem Sterling

FT
5 - 0

Newcastle United

Man City storm past Newcastle to close in on Premier League title

Rodri celebrates goal v Newcastle [1296x729]

Manchester City consolidated their position at the top of the Premier League with a 5-0 win over Newcastle at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
19': Goal! Manchester City 1, Newcastle United 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by João Cancelo with a headed pass.
31': Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
38': Goal! Manchester City 2, Newcastle United 0. Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
45': Substitution, Manchester City. Fernandinho replaces Rúben Dias because of an injury.
61': Goal! Manchester City 3, Newcastle United 0. Rodri (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross following a corner.
63': Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Gabriel Jesus.
68': Substitution, Newcastle United. Kieran Trippier replaces Emil Krafth.
68': Substitution, Newcastle United. Callum Wilson replaces Chris Wood.
70': Dan Burn (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card.
75': Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80': Substitution, Newcastle United. Jacob Murphy replaces Miguel Almirón.
87': Substitution, Manchester City. CJ Egan-Riley replaces Aymeric Laporte.
89': Matt Targett (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90': Goal! Manchester City 4, Newcastle United 0. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Oleksandr Zinchenko.
90'+3': Goal! Manchester City 5, Newcastle United 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jack Grealish.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Etihad Stadium
Location: Manchester, England
Attendance: 53,336

English Premier League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+44	Manchester City	32	73	3
+49	Arsenal	32	71	5
+41	Liverpool	32	71	3
+19	Aston Villa	33	63	8

Full Table

Statistics

NEW		MNC
11	Fouls	6
3	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
4	Offsides	1
2	Corner Kicks	8
4	Saves	3
28.6	Possession	71.4
7	SHOTS	21
3	ON GOAL	9
0.4	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
216	Accurate Passes	645
281	Passes	712
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
3	Accurate Crosses	4
11	Crosses	19
0.3	Cross %	0.2
59	Long Balls	48
27	Accurate Long Balls	27
0.5	Long Balls %	0.6
1	Blocked Shots	4
9	Effective Tackles	5
19	Tackles	8
0.5	Tackle %	0.6
7	Interceptions	5
21	Effective Clearances	10
21	Clearances	10

Line-Ups

Manchester City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
31	Ederson (GK)
14	Aymeric Laporte
3	Rúben Dias
11	Oleksandr Zinchenko
27	João Cancelo
17	Kevin De Bruyne
8	Ilkay Gündogan
16	Rodri
9	Gabriel Jesus
10	Jack Grealish
7	Raheem Sterling

Substitutes:

Cole Palmer, Bernardo Silva, Riyad Mahrez, Fernandinho, CJ Egan-Riley, Nathan Aké, Luke Mbete, Phil Foden, Zack Steffen.

Newcastle United (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Martin Dúbravka (GK)
33	Dan Burn
6	Jamaal Lascelles
13	Matt Targett
17	Emil Krafth
39	Bruno Guimarães
7	Joelinton
36	Sean Longstaff
20	Chris Wood
10	Allan Saint-Maximin
24	Miguel Almirón