WALKER HOWITZER TAKES THE POINTS: MANCHESTER CITY 2 - 1 NEWCASTLE - JOHNNY ON THE SPOT & STATS and POST MATCH REACTION | Vital Football

WALKER HOWITZER TAKES THE POINTS: MANCHESTER CITY 2 - 1 NEWCASTLE - JOHNNY ON THE SPOT & STATS and POST MATCH REACTION

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#HAPPY ANNIVERSARY…Ten years on from when His Highness Sheikh Mansour came to town, Manchester City Football Club’s progress within the booming City Football Group continued with a win over a continually stagnating Newcastle which carried an element of routine even though Pep Guardiola’s men have still yet to find their stride after a hectic summer. Lest we forget at the start of last season, The Centurions did not really get going until mid September when Liverpool, Feyenoord and Watford were consecutively smashed out of the park to the tune of a cumulative 15-0…Much as I believe the draw at Wolves last week will prove to be an important point gained, that game and the one-sided third gear victory over The Magpies will also transpire to be important work outs ahead of far sterner challenges to come.

Onwards and upwards momentum is absolutely key at this time in a Premier League wherein its lesser lights, awash with vast swathes of TV cash are increasingly proving stronger and trickier to dispatch than was previously assumed by sides with title chasing aspirations. On paper City’s opening fixtures appear straight forward enough, but in reality the club that boasted the most players than any other on the planet in Russia this summer is engaged in a run of combative fixtures against keen as mustard recently promoted sides bursting with “AA.” Athleticism and Assassins. Cardiff away being the epicentre of this opening challenge.

Despite City still looking a little ring rusty and lacking balance, there was still enough in the tank to see off Rafa Benitez’s overly cautious team but the overall sense for us has to be one of collective relief that a contest that should have been over by half time is out of the way and can be chalked off. Invaluable playing time has been banked plus by the end of the International break we will be two weeks closer to the return of our game changing talisman Kevin De Bruyne whose options and direction of traffic were a glaring miss during Newcastle’s brief resurgence. JB’s Man of The Match was the imperious John Stones who looks to be running into some serious form built upon a super summer with England.

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Phew - just, too much fanning about. Two terrific goals, especially Walkers but where the feck was Mendy for the barcodes' goal - GJ33 was tracking back whilst Mendy was still probably in the opposition half jogging back, probably getting back into position just intimate for the restart.

Yes we 'love' him, yes he is 'funny' on social media and yes he has assists but FFS...
 
Thought Stones and Laporte were imperious, Sterling always a threat, and Newcastle, apart from a nicely created, and taken, goal, offered very little.
In the flesh, the Toon had some size on them!
The two City goals were crackers, and I was right in line with Walker's - power, and perfect placement, just inside the post and into the side netting behind.
Also thought the final pass was sloppy at times, and, in the end, you're just thankful for the result and three points.
 
Another (minor) gripe - it might help if Aguero was, when appropriate to pass when through on goal when there is a team mate in a better position. It happened against Arsenal when Red Kev was free and it happened again yesterday - can't remember the other player but Aguero has done it before (GJ33 last season) so...look up!!!!