The stellar performance retains City in first place with 44 points, four more than 2 Liverpool, who travel Tottenham Hotspur later on Sunday. Manchester City’s Joao Cancelo scored one goal and assisted on another as they defeated struggling Newcastle United 4-0 on Sunday to ensure they will spend Christmas Day astride the Premier League.
Match Summary
In the fifth minute, Cancelo acrobatically crossed for Ruben Dias to head into an empty net following a misunderstanding between Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka and defender Ciaran Clarke.
Cancelo got the second in the 27th minute, cutting in from the left side and polishing off a fabulous run with a dazzling strike to quiet the homegroup.
At the half-hour mark, Newcastle was denied what appeared to be a reasonable punishment when City manager Ederson collided with Ryan Fraser. Still, neither arbitrator Martin Atkinson nor the VAR chose to mediate.
Despite starting the final period with a couple of fine saves from Dubravka, Newcastle’s fortunes deteriorated when Mahrez turned home Kevin De Bruyne‘s cross from the left wing with a deft volley in the 63rd minute to score his 50th Premier League goal.
Newcastle had taken Allan Saint-Maximin off the bench at halftime for Joe Willock, yet they only managed one effort on goal in the hour and a half – a close-range header from Callan Wilson that forced a superb one-hand save from Ederson.
Authentic’s inventive display on the wing was compensated in the 86th minute when Gabriel Jesus drove the ball across the goal and England forward, pummelling it home to seal the defeat.
Premier League Standing after the match
The win keeps Manchester City on top with 44 points, four ahead of second-placed Liverpool, who visit Tottenham Hotspur later on Sunday, and six ahead of Chelsea in third, who were held to a 0-0 draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Newcastle is still in second-last place with 10 points.
Other Match Updates
Chelsea trail pioneers Manchester City by six after one more disappointing evening later their midweek draw against Everton. They made not many possibilities and seldom grieved Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa.
Chelsea, who had just six players on the seat, including two goalkeepers later seven Covid-19 contaminations exhausted their crew, had requested that the Premier League defer the game. Director Thomas Tuchel said Chelsea were “furious” at the choice to play, one he felt was “exceptionally difficult to comprehend”.
Wolves’ last seven Premier League matches have seen just four objectives scored by one or the other side, and this was one more conflict of steady loss and a round of not many obvious possibilities.
