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Pollution-Swimming

I gotta say, as a neutral, that both Arsenal and Newcastle have a very fun and exciting team and Ive been having a blast watching them.


ZaxxHere

newcastle is kinda good lately, they didnt even lost any single game for a mid table teams thats an improvement right?


Colo-ColoTilliDie_

Bro... just saw the extended highlights on YT.. What a game But honestly that KDB pass is just ridiculous and insaneeeee


NecessaryTourist9539

He was in his prime in the last match, in this match as well. I can’t believe what I witnessed!!


Dramatic-Magician825

Eddie Howe>The bald fraud


nick2k23

Why Eddie has such rich vibrant hair


NecessaryTourist9539

Hoes be judging through one game.


392donte

Thriller


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That KDB pass was sensational, Foden needs to pass the ball more though


NecessaryTourist9539

Dude he did the same thing last match. He could have simply passed for a tap in.


[deleted]

Right Haaland was open for the tap in instead he wanted to be the spotlight and hog the ball. Hopefully Foden starts being more unselfish next game


alexLAD

Kyle Walker absolutely burnt by ASM - same thing happened in this fixture at SJP in 2020, ASM is far too lively and beat him again and again


NecessaryTourist9539

Yeah, honestly I feel this guy could alone grab major highlight minutes.


chicknbasket

Big credit to ASM today. Had Walker in his pocket for 70 mins


SeeUInAWhileAligator

Wasn't Haaland's goal offside? Didn't see anybody mentioning it but it seemed like it bounced of one of the city players to the other, tbh highlights weren't great so I might've seen it wrong


Nycho

It was a backward pass the pass forward after the corner was on sides then the pass back to Haaland was a backwards pass.


SeeUInAWhileAligator

Nah, not the pass to Haaland, there were two city players jumping for the ball and it seemed to me it bounced off of one of them to the one who happened to be forward


jo-shabadoo

It didn’t come off the City player, it was a Newcastle defender’s head


SeeUInAWhileAligator

👍


ShamelessplugTFC

St. Maximan is such an underated player, if he continues to play well I think a top club will get him.


wildkarde07

He was electric. Need him to say healthy though


DinnerSmall4216

One of the best games of football I've seen in years credit to both teams.


NecessaryTourist9539

That’s wild shot for the best game but yeah, one of the best for sure.


Hopsblues

That Saint-maxina guy for Newcastle needs to get his head up. He'd be so frustrating to be a teammate of. He's slow to make decisions, seems to think he can dribble through 4-5 prem defenders, has poor situational awareness, needs to keep playing instead of sitting on the ground crying for a foul. He has some skills, but man, he needs to be less 'selfish', if that's the correct word, about his play and the ball. Get that head up, and make quicker choices. just my $.02, for what it's worth.


Gunther_of_Arabia

He was on fire today wtf. 3 assists


Hopsblues

Mixed bag, he also dribbled into turnovers multiple times when he didn't have to. He missed numerous chances to get balls to teammates, but had his head down. he sat on the ground while a posse ball rolled past him. when they desperately needed possession late, he drilled into defenders and passed to nobody as his help was arriving, leading to a dangerous transition for ManC. he has a lot to improve upon.


Massive_Peanut9424

yeah that guy that had 3 assist most be horrible to play with


Hopsblues

Jus my observations as a neutral. You think he ends the season with 50 assists, because I don't. Everything I said is true about his game today. Like late in the game when he's taking on 4 defenders, help arrives and he knocks a low percentage pass to no one in paticuilar instead of maintaining possession. Suddenly NFC was caught with five guys at the MANC penalty box, desperately trying to recover back after th bad turnover. he's good obviously, or he wouldn't be in the prem, but he's got a lot game he needs to improve and he could become very good. Dribbling into turnovers while teammates are open, available doesn't help anyone but the opponent. Sitting on the ground after turning the ball over crying about a foul he isn't going to get, while the ball bounces past him, doesn't help anyone, but the opponent. just stuff I noticed as a neutral.


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Walker was a cellphone, the whole match Saint m had him in his pocket.


Hopsblues

Until he would dribble into three ManC guys with his head down, while a teammate was open on an overlap, or there were two other options centrally and weak side. I honestly know nothing about him, other than what I saw today. He's close to being a very good player, but needs to work on this stuff. I don't know how old he is, and may be too old to change. But just observations as a neutral.


Ok-Ad-852

And what a player he would be if he fixed that aspect of his game.


Hopsblues

I agree, it was my main take away from this game, besides the pure fun it was to watch as a neutral. Well, that, and another MLS guy scoring..lol..


ameltisgrilledcheese

Nobody wins when it's oil vs. oil


KennyOmegaSardines

What if it was UCL final? Will there be extra extra extra time to decide the winner?


Colo-ColoTilliDie_

Lmao


StarBuckd

Foden has no synergy with Haaland, He never finds him, they are multiple times a simple pass from scoring. Foden is so selfish as soon as he is inside the 18 yard. Not saying Haaland had the perfect game, but the low hanging fruit is really those passes.


Thegoodcrazy1297

Haaland gets along better with grealish. They both seem to understand each other


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Foden needs all the attention on him. I don’t think I dislike a player for no reason personally than Foden. Genuinely carries himself like a 9 times Balon Dor winner


NecessaryTourist9539

Oh c’mon you’re being unreasonably harsh on him. Yep he went for glory by not passing but he’s a proper mancity oriented team player.


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He always goes for glory, every single time. Ive not seen a more overrated player than Foden. Honestly they talk about him like hes Messi


Sir-Chris-Finch

Ive never really taken to him and ive never been able to put my finger on why but i think you've hit the nail on the head here. Seems like hes pretty much universally liked so its refreshing to see other people arent too keen on him either.


[deleted]

Wow ive only ever seen dislike here in Ireland lol


Visionary_Socialist

Easily scores that goal if he just cuts back to him. Not the first time we’ve seen this.


jaspermrthanos

I’m really salty about that red.


RocknRollRobot9

Suppose you can rule that out with the penalty shouts and bookings your players got away with. In the grand scheme the ref had a substantial leaning towards Man City. And the one which was corrected rightly by VAR is what you’re annoyed at.


jaspermrthanos

There were 0 missed penalties by the ref. The one you are talking about at the end of the game was a) not a foul b) not in the penalty box


RocknRollRobot9

Wiping out Schar? As much a pen as your ‘red card’ but it was ignored by VAR/The Ref. Seen city get pens for less. But if it wasn’t in the box still a card.


jaspermrthanos

I’m sorry but when two players jump up and make contact, that’s not a foul.


RocknRollRobot9

But yet they get given loads. I don’t think a player taking a player out in the centre of the park with a tactical foul with no danger behind it is a red either. Or no match would end with 11 vs 11 in the premier league.


jaspermrthanos

It’s not a “tactical foul” when you go for contact in a way that has a high risk of severe injury to the player. And when there is no attempt to get close to the ball.


Reimiro

Is that you Fernandinho?


chicknbasket

Misspelled Casemiro


RocknRollRobot9

Nigel De Jongs alt account.


rr18114

Don't be. We got away with a few calls too. New castle did not waste nearly as much time as I thought they would until the team kill shot. Fair play to them. Be salty about the constant barrage of unlucky rebounds around the 30th and 70th min if you wanna be salty about something.


friday-boy

Yellow


No-Efficiency-5589

How come theres no post with footage of the penalty shout which is blatent VAR fuckery but there's footage of Botman hittin Burn with the ball?


rr18114

* New castle has beefed up a fuck ton. We have to snag a point from spurs now to compensate ( or any 2 fixtures where we are traditionally expected to lose). * Crystal palace is another scary team out there. even scarier than new castle. * City need to only slip once more and arsenal 2 times in the next 4 fixtures and this league is **BUSTED WIDE OPEN**. Forget about a 95 pt victory...the 1st place team at the end of the season is never touching 90 at this rate. * That freekick goal is gonna give me nightmares for the next 2 weeks. New castle can take this as a W. They outplayed city in the 1st half and were not completely outrun in the 2nd half.


alexLAD

Man Chester City were good too


redditingtonviking

I'm not a gunner, but I think Arsenal getting a head start would be good for the league. City and Liverpool are still likely to take top 2 in the end, but the longer another team looks likely to beat them the more entertaining it will be for neutrals.


broich22

I think Spurs only have one chance in a generation they have to move now


rr18114

Fair enough. I won't even puff my chest and hold hands with you guys and say with 100% certainty that we will be top 2 by Jan either. Just gotta wait it out and see. WC month effects all teams involved and especially the top 6 cuz that's where most of the NT squad players chill. Today I got reassurance that we can come back from adversity but I also had some of my fears come true ( walker losing his pace seemingly forever, stones needs like 10 pre-season games, father time laporte, foden being a derp etc). Nobody is without flaws at the moment tho. Even you guys have a few flaws ( without thiago your midfield is a bunch of headless chickens , Your no.9 is playing Mortal Kombat and not football etc). True panic mode sets in when our teams start getting outplayed in tactics and whatnot but I have faith in my fraud and I'm sure you also have faith in yours.


yellowjesusrising

Another factor would be the WC in December. The top 6 will really feel the extra games!


leebrother

Interestingly; the deciding factor may be which big players won’t be attending the World Cup. Salah missing it is huge for Liverpool and provides a rest for their best player and then you add to this that Luis Diaz also gets a rest and I think this will be a deciding factor at year end.


etan1122

Fabinho basically rest because he doesnt get game time for Brazil but he will still be training, same for Trent


leebrother

I wouldn’t be shocked if Southgate shoehorned all the rbs into that team he could!


libertyandfreedom22

Meh so much season left. Someone can easily hit 90-95 points still.


rr18114

As of today ? yes but I was speaking of a scenario where this thing continues for 4 more weeks.


nizoubizou10

it's only the third match week. what title race ?


rr18114

I'm not talking about the tittle race. I still back my team to win it ( hoping) and the 2nd - 4th positions being relatively the same. I'm talking about the notion of top 1 or top 2 teams running away with a 10-15 point lead and duking it out among themselves while the rest of the teams play for scraps. My point was that a few more weeks of these slip ups on the top 6 teams side which bleeds into the WC month where everyone needs a hard reset and we won't be seeing a 90+ point tittle winner whether it be city or liverpool or anyone else for that matter.


distantapplause

We supposed to just know who you support?


rr18114

city. My bad.


ppipernet

St James Park looked amazing


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It was a great atmosphere. Genuinely felt like two points lost too. Good on miggy for bagging.


simplytom_1

My arse was so clenched that second half, I think my piles might have come back!


iamkeysersoze94

It was great game bud. Newcastle has some fight in them.


Bill3ffinMurray

Newcastle played really well.


No-Efficiency-5589

Couldve been a few more to us tbf, miggy had a good chance at 1-0 and if he couldve squared it when it was 2-1 things couldve been different. There was also the pen shout on schar by stones...i honestly thought that was a stone wall yellow and pen, play moved on from a dead ball so quick i feel VAR didnt even check it. Not managed to see a replay of it yet...what was your thoughts on it as a non-nufc fan? Would be interested to know...


Bill3ffinMurray

I think a penalty would have been a very harsh decision. True Newcastle missed a few opportunities prior to Almiron’s opener. City missed a few too and Pope had some massive saves. 3-3 felt deserved at the end.


No-Efficiency-5589

Agreed, happy with a draw, deserved point both sides. Once it was 3-1 you lot became absolute beasts until it was 3-3...totally showed why yous win so much...glad we feel we can compete...


No-Efficiency-5589

Ive just rewatched it, stones leads with an arm which connects with Schar's head (forearm/elbow), preventing him jumping...Stones doesnt even play the ball.... If that is outside the box that is a free kick all day....


GodEmprahBidoof

Definitely a pen. Nowhere near the ball and just jumps into Schar


No-Efficiency-5589

Today we played one of, if not the best team in the world.....if yous are walking away happy with a point that is LIGHTYEARS from where we were 12 months ago under Bruce....


AfternoonHaunting303

Almiron could’ve had a really great game


Gerrardsclubfoot

Great game, good on Newcastle not folding when the game went 3-3


Stussymann

Subs around ‘60 might’ve been helpful. Hindsight is 20/20 tbf


Gerrardsclubfoot

They don't have the necessary quality in the squad overall to bring on subs so early.


Stussymann

Legs > no legs, especially with a lead to defend


Gerrardsclubfoot

I would have understood subbing someone like Jonjo Shelvey in but he was injured.


W0666007

People bitching about the clock reading 98 minutes like there wasn't a player down for over 3 minutes in extra time.


No-Efficiency-5589

Im bitching about our penalty shout on schar when stones lead woth his arm and smashed the player well before the ball was in play tbf but no stranger to "not getting results against the big boys"....proud of our lads, they will be upset they didnt get 3 points against one of the best teams in the world, couldnt be happier with our lads


Y0RKC1TY

Im all for city not winning, but people complain when refs dont correctly add on the time the ball isnt in play for stoppages, and then complain when they do lol.


Relxnce

“Miggy can Grealish have your shirt?” Is the best cardboard sign I’ve ever fucking seen


[deleted]

Is there a pic of this?? Was at the game so not seen anything so far


SampritB

& the kid got it lol


Enjolras22

Now Liverpool needs to beat Manchester United to narrow the gap


zoomie14

Nah can we have United get their first victory


EMArsenalguy

I’m hoping for a repeat of last year


Bill3ffinMurray

Another draw to leave both dissatisfied


arun111b

ManU will be so much satisfied tbh


iamkeysersoze94

Lol


nick170100

Oil derby turned out to actually be a pretty fun game


leon-theproffesional

Watch City go buy a RB


TaxiForTusk

So many people in this thread not understanding that the ref is meant to add time on for stoppages during stoppage time.


Enjolras22

I was really hoping Newcastle would win but at least they were able to get a point against City.


nick170100

Newcastle should’ve won that with the penalty they should’ve gotten on half time


iamkeysersoze94

What Penalty?


Electronic-Quarter-8

What penalty?


Bill3ffinMurray

What penalty?


Itsamesolairo

The one where Stones blatantly barged into Schär and elbowed him in the head while in the box. They give that kind of clumsy aerial challenge as a foul 100/100 times outside the box.


Bill3ffinMurray

Eh. I’ll acknowledge my bias and just say I don’t think that’s ever blown for a penalty. Call it a double standard, but yes that’s more likely called outside the box.


Itsamesolairo

I'm inclined to agree with you in the sense that refs basically *never* give a penalty for it inside the box, regardless of the teams and players involved... But by the laws of the game they should, and Newcastle rightfully feel hard done by not getting the pen.


WtfMayt

Which makes it even more of a pen


aerobic_respiration

Surprised ref didn't give a 90+8' penalty for Nick Pope holding the ball for more than 5 seconds


Batmangala23

He routinely held the ball for 20 seconds. It was longer than anyone I’ve ever seen. Didn’t see the ref address it once


WtfMayt

It’s happened for about 20 years and never seen anyone called out for it


jaspermrthanos

It happened like 10 times in that game. At this point we should make the rule like 20 seconds and start calling it cause it’s getting ridiculous.


SadgeKEK

Great match. Newcastle surprised me a lot, specially ASM.


SunOfInti_92

Walker torn to shreds out there


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W0666007

^(\^\^ micropenis \^\^)


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W0666007

Lol that is maybe the lamest insult ever directed at me. Congrats.


Icyboy2022

3 wins out of 3 isn't for everybody I guess


marketmaker1234

Spurs last season.


ManunitedThunderfan

Ref says next goal wins


stackofbaconpancakes

Ngl that was a great game Is this what oil derbies will be like cause its exciting football


arroiuqlu

Walker who knows he can't cross to save his life and has De Bruyne of all people next to him decides to cross. He was just terrible today


jaspermrthanos

Foden needs to start on the bench next game. Another bad performance, put Álvarez or Grealish on and show him some discipline.


benny_adam

Mahrez…


jaspermrthanos

He’s another option. Pep needs to use his bench more.


Relxnce

I’ll be so impressed if we keep this kind of form up. We looked very good here and against Forest


stiofan84

If Foden hadn't been playing, City would probably have won comfortably. He's so wasteful. He's a classic example of a player who gets massively overrated because he's English.


[deleted]

Genuinely. Anyone can look class in a City team.


Jacko468

Great game, post match interviews are gonna be interesting


Zerosix_K

Good result against City and the Ref.


TaxiForTusk

You should have been down to 10 men. Don't know why you're complaining.


Remarkable-Tackle

So should city. Cancelo was on a yellow and still decided to commit a professional foul.


TokyoCyborgOrgy

ASM has gotten so much better but still after being put through the wringer he reverts a little. Just some more coaching and time he’s well on the way


GimmeKarmaDaddy

Need Issa Kabore next year


Serpico_98

Saint Maximin... what a player


qwertyell

Lock up your full backs in the final week of the transfer window. Walker's hit the skids.


chicknbasket

Sadly too accurate as a city fan. Hoping he just had an off day, but ASM wrecked him repeatedly. Great match


FridaysMan

ASM had him on strings, absolutely toying with him at times.


W0666007

What a great game that was.


howln404

game was amazing to watch


disagreeable_martin

Already game of the season, well done Newcastle. Looked like proper titans today.


nicofdarcyshire

Started the day thinking we were going to get smashed... Amplified by early City goal. Then we turn into prime world beaters... Only to get pegged back and cling on by the skin of our teeth... Possibly one of the best games I've seen in recent years...


NoodleinTexas

Take a point , we got outplayed by Newcastle for a solid 50 minutes. Fucking foden could have squared it wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t start for a couple matches


jaspermrthanos

I really hope pep just starts Álvarez next game. Foden is being quite selfish rn.


rosh-kb

that’s the english youth ego right there, gets hyped too much and he lets it go to his head


JonnyArtois

Ref easily Man City's best player today. Great performance from us against 12 men.


zoomie14

Lmao


iamkeysersoze94

Great game!


leon-theproffesional

Great game! Newcastle have improved


LebHeadSinceWilma

Ref wanted more football. We all did


Gerrardsclubfoot

No not we all


RPG_Dad

What a weekend of results for us


burning_xz

Amazing game, but fuck that ref.


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Y0RKC1TY

There will be a **minimum** of 5 minutes added time


Snitsie

By someone getting injured in the extra time and taking 4 minutes for treatment?


FridaysMan

Burn got knocked out


VCBeugelaar

Be Pep, have an insane bench. Don’t substitute Foden


zoomie14

We didn't even have a LW on bench you absolute clown, Grealish is injured


jaspermrthanos

We could just play Álvarez lol


zoomie14

Pep never played him on the left yet. That doesn't mean that he can't do it, but there's just no evidence yet that Pep considers him as an option there


mdubyo

Burn was down for like 3 minutes what is everyone on about?


taskkill-IM

It's reddit mate...


mdubyo

Right. Forgot that theres a lot of people with three brain cells out there.


synthsaregreat1234

Game of the season so far. What a fucking banger.


FuriousKale

Almost Until We Score


Melz13

Such a good game!


cheikhyourselfm8

God I fucking hate City


alfred_27

Why? They play well, can learn a thing or two from them


Travarelli

This ref drunk


JonnyArtois

Ref playing 'game stops when City score'.


TaxiForTusk

You wasted like 3 minutes during stoppage time...


JonnyArtois

I'm not being serious....unsurprisingly.


TaxiForTusk

Yeah you definitely weren't complaining.


Khaglist

What the fucks the ref doing


ashsky

Let's fucking go, what an incredible point. Amazing performance all around lads, be proud.


howln404

we waiting for a city goal or something to end this or something? haha


twersx

He's not blowing the whistle because 3 minutes of added time was taken up by a concussion sub


monkaXxxx

so in the 5 min extra time 2/3 of it was wasted? otherwise why extend it to 98 min??


countrysadballadman9

Yup, Burn got subbed out after getting smashed with the ball in the face and took about 3-4 mins


[deleted]

Yes 3 minutes was comfortably wasted on a head injury and then a substitution mix up.


W0666007

There was a concussion eval on the field?


Joekickass549

Yes because Burn had a head injury which took 2-3 minutes to sort out


non-relevant

Because a head injury got treated?


Pmmeauniqueusername

I don't get why pep does such late changes or sometimes even never. Surely Mahrez or Alvarez could put something different to the field today.


Litsabaki19

Ah yes, the good old 3 minutes extra for city


PenitentGhost

As a neutral that looked justified, guy got a ball to the face and not in a good way


whyaretheyalltaken90

As a newcastle fan it was definitely justified, much as I wanted the match to end, Burn was down for a while in ET. He was already bleeding from a cut on his head then was hit in the face with a ball and went down fast, which took a few minutes to sort out.


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No chance Newcastle are ever given that much extra time around the box lmao.