Manchester City’s hopes to receive three points after the draw against Arsenal were crushed by Newcastle United in St. James Park. Pep Guardiola’s boys opened the score with the goal of Josko Gvardiol in the 35th minute which was assisted by Jack Grealish, but the lead lasted only 22 minutes when Anthony Gordon scored from the penalty spot to make it 1-1.
The Citizens dominated most of the match with 62% possession but they could not get the triumph they expected in the end. Drawing to Arsenal last week, Manchester City is still at the top of the table with 14 points, but this can change quickly due to the Liverpool match against Wolves.
The missing of Kevin de Bruyne and Rodri showed once again why they are the key players in this City team and their replacements, Mateo Kovacic and Jack Grealish could not make the difference as the injured players.
In the latest press conference, the Spanish manager gave some bad news about Rodri’s injury and his return date. He confirmed that the surgery was successful, but for Rodri to be back in training it will take more than 8-9 months, and this is due to his terrible ACL injury which will create muscular problems for the player even when he starts to get better.
Man City started the match well, controlling almost every position on the pitch, but everything started to go downhill when Ederson tripped into Anthony Gordon and Jarred Gillett pointed immediately to the penalty spot and booked Ederson with a yellow card.
As the minutes passed the game got more intense, with Manchester City’s players all staying in the opponent’s half so they could get a late winner. Bernardo Silva had a great chance and almost won it for the Citizens with a half bicycle kick, but Nick Pope was there to save his team from losing.
After this result, Arne Slot’s team will try to get the best outcome from their match against Wolves so they can go top of the table for the first time since the start of the 24/25 season.
The match will start at 17:30 UK Time and this is how Liverpool’s lineup is expected to be for today’s match: Alisson Becker, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson, Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota & Luis Diaz.
Liverpool players are hungry for another win and they will try their best today so they can go top of the Premier League with only one point more than Manchester City.
