Anthony Gordon’s penalty rescued Newcastle a 1-1 draw against Premier League leaders, Manchester City at St James’ Park.
Gordon dispatched a 58th minute penalty into the bottom-left corner to rescue a point for the Magpies, after he had been fouled by Ederson two minutes earlier.
Josko Gvardiol initially fired Man City ahead with a close-range 35th minute strike, having picked up the decisive pass from Jack Grealish.
Newcastle moved up to fifth in the table ahead of the mid-afternoon kick-offs, whilst Man City stayed top but can be displaced if Liverpool beat Wolves in the 5:30pm BST kick-off.
Speaking to BBC Match of the Day post-match, Newcastle Head Coach, Eddie Howe praised his team for their performance.
“That was a good display, that was us playing our way, brave. It was two teams going right at each other for probably 70 minutes. Last 20 minutes they were stronger than us and we had to defend really well to maintain the point.
“We got into really good crossing areas and I was really pleased with how we were off the ball and how we attacked the game. I can’t ask for much more than that, the lads gave everything.”
Eager to bounce back from a disjointed defeat at Fulham last weekend, Newcastle started this game brightly and created the first chance in the 15th minute, as Kieran Trippier saw a shot deflected by Grealish.
Eddie Howe’s Magpies continued to press but struggled to carve open City’s scrappy defence, whilst City’s Erling Haaland was lucky that his 25th minute headed clearance went wide off Grealish’s head near the left-post from a corner.
City eventually found the breakthrough goal ten minutes later as Grealish beat Trippier up his left, before he found Gvardiol to cut in and bend a shot into the far-right corner to put the visitors ahead.
Ilkay Gundogan wasted a chance to double City’s lead before half-time as he and Haaland found themselves two-on-one against Nick Pope, but the German’s chipped 40th minute lob landed in Pope’s arms.
Newcastle’s Joelinton forced a save from Ederson in the only minute of first-half injury-time with a powerful on-the-turn shot, which proved to be the last action of the first half.
That late first-half chance gave Newcastle momentum in the early stages of the second-half, which proved fruitful with a 56th minute through ball from Bruno Guimaraes to Gordon, who was fouled by Ederson inside the box.
Gordon duly stepped up two minutes later and fired his penalty into the bottom-left corner, as Ederson dived to his opposite side.
Newcastle’s momentum consequently grew further but referee, Jarred Gillett refused to award a second penalty following Kyle Walker’s 61st minute foul on Joelinton.
Harvey Barnes poked wide a deep 64th minute cross across goal from Gordon.
Pope however spared the Magpies’ blushes with two saves in three minutes, with a block of Haaland’s 71st minute volley then saved Phil Foden’s 73rd minute shot straight into his arms.
Substitute, Sean Longstaff dragged his 80th minute shot from Jacob Murphy’s cutback pass wide as Newcastle continued to pile on the pressure.
City ultimately were forced dig deep defensively for the remainder of the match but could of won it in the second of seven minutes of injury-time, yet Pope crucially punched Silva’s on-the-turn strike behind the goal.
Neither team eventually were able to find a last-gasp winner as City stayed top of the table.
What’s Next?
Newcastle host AFC Wimbledon at St James’ Park on Tuesday 1 October at 7:45pm BST in their postponed third round tie of this season’s Carabao Cup, with the fixture reversed due to flooding at Cherry Red Records Stadium.
Man City travel to Slovakia’s Slovan Bratislava in their Champions League fixture on the same evening, with the game kicking off at 8pm UK Time.
Teams
Newcastle: Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier (Livramento 78′), Fabian Schar, Dan Burn, Lewis Hall, Sandro Tonali (Longstaff 77′), Bruno Guimaraes, Joelinton, Jacob Murphy, Harvey Barnes, Anthony Gordon
Substitutes: Martin Dubravka, Emil Krafth, William Osula, Tino Livramento, Miguel Almiron, Lloyd Kelly, Joe Willock, Sean Longstaff, Alex Murphy
Man City: Ederson, Kyle Walker, Manuel Akjani, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Rico Lewis (Savinho 81′), Mateo Kovacic, Ilkay Gundogan (Foden 66′), Bernardo Silva, Jack Grealish (Doku 81′), Erling Haaland
Substitutes: Stefan Ortega, Scott Carson, John Stones, Jeremy Doku, Savinho, Matheus Nunes, Phil Foden, James McAtee
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