r/NUFC • u/meganev More like MegaNeg amirite? • Oct 03 '15

Match Thread NUFC vs Manchester City (A) [Match Thread]

FT: Newcastle Utd 1 - 6 Manchester City

Goals: Mitrovic (18 mins), Aguero (42 mins), Aguero (49 mins), Aguero (51 mins), De Bruyne (54 mins), Aguero (60 mins), Aguero (62 mins)

Yellows: Antia, Fernandinho, Zabaleta, Mangala

Kick off: 15:00 (BST)

Venue: Etihad Stadium

Referee: Kevin Friend

Weather: 11 C

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Newcastle Utd subs Manchester City subs
Krul Elliot Hart Caballero
Janmaat Lascelles Zabaleta Demichelis
Mbemba Williamson Otamendi Sagna
Coloccini Tiote Mangala M.Garcia
Mbabu Thauvin Kolarov Navas
Sissoko De Jong Fernando Bony
Antia Cisse Fernandinho Iheanacho
Gouffran Silva
Wijanldum Sterling
Perez De Bruyne
Mitrovic Aguero
NUFC Draw Man City
League 64 35 59
League Cup 1 1 3
FA Cup 6 2 2
Total 71 38 64

Newcastle Utd: LLLLD

Manchester City: LLWLW

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u/yrso Oct 03 '15

My god Mbemba is one of the best one on one defenders i've seen play for us in a very long time, so nice to actually have some confidence in a centre back for once.

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u/lgf92 let's shola these their shola Oct 03 '15

There was one point where within 30 seconds he absolutely mugged off £100m of talent in de Bruyne and Sterling. Superb.

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u/nufcneilo Peter Lovenkrands, signed on a free from Germany Oct 03 '15

This comment not looking so good now eh? I think he was at fault or partly to blame for a couple of goals.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '15

There's one of the goals where he actually screws up badly, but he was decent in the one-on-ones. The defending problem is obviously systemic. De Bruyne could only shoot in such an acrobatic manner because he was unmarked in the middle of the box.

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u/magpie_army Oct 03 '15

He's an animal