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NBC Video Highlights: Manchester City 1 – Newcastle 0 – City Show How Good They Are – Plus Howe Press Conference After Game



After our tremendous showing at home to Aston Villa in the season opener last weekend, we were hoping for maybe even our first league win at Manchester City since way back in 2003.

But it wasn’t to be, and City came out as worthy winners with Newcastle nowhere near the top form we needed last night to get a decent result – a draw or a win.

The Man of the Match was Phil Foden, and Newcastle just couldn’t contain the brilliant 23-year-old Stockport-born England International.

The winning goal came after 31 minutes when Foden set up Alvarez, who slammed the ball past Pope, who may have got a glove to the ball.

Newcastle were better in the second half but Foden set up several chances for Erling Haaland, but he didn’t have a good night and wasted several opportunities.

Elliott Anderson came on in the second half and again looked like some player in central midfield – Anderson must be given a Premier League start soon this season – he has earned his chance.

It could be positive that this game came so early in the season, and now, if we didn’t know before – we know that we still have a way to go to becoming one of the consistent top 6 or top 4 sides in the Premier League.

Here’s what Eddie Howe thought of the game in his press conference after the game – disappointed.

Next up are Liverpool at home next Sunday afternoon in the late game (4:30pm KO) and we could do with a good win and performance in that game.

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874 comments so far

  • jane

    Aug 20, 2023 at 11:53 AM

    Comment #1

    England hype shown up by Spain

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  • ToonDarnSarf

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:00 PM

    Comment #2

    Ibiza – I know what you’re saying (and I get criticised for dismissing or disagreeing from people who aren’t trolls) but some people are just saying things for attention, including that troll. Nobody rational and genuine thinks or says the things that they say.

    3
  • Sir Pugalot, the Dutch Bulldog

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:01 PM

    Comment #3

    Bettys, in the end, the better team won. But we got booked for everything!

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  • ToonDarnSarf

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:01 PM

    Comment #4

    Jane – that’s like saying “Toon hype shown up by Man City”. England women could still win this and Toon could still finish top 4 this season.

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  • Mund

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:03 PM

    Comment #5

    Some people are saying things for attention 😆

    YCMIU

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  • Munster Mag

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:03 PM

    Comment #6

    Ancient thats a strange way of looking at things but each to his own.

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  • Mund

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:04 PM

    Comment #7
  • Davas

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:05 PM

    Comment #8

    Hype? They’re European champions and in the world cup final 🙂

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  • ToonDarnSarf

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:05 PM

    Comment #9

    Mund – how many fookin times do people have to say this, if you don’t like my posts then just ignore them!! The only comments I’ve made about you in the last 24 hours have been in agreement with you! I didn’t even bother to comment on the ones where I didn’t agree because I didn’t see the point.

    Just bloody ignore me if you don’t like me. Simple.

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  • Ibizatoon

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:06 PM

    Comment #10

    TDS…Possibly / perhaps, but still, not sure what post after post calling someone a troll achieves either (not saying that’s what you’re doing btw). He’s not attacking people (at present anyway), so whatever 🙂

    In Tofs defense, you could take the basics of it, that he feels people are glossing over a poor performance and then think that maybe, he adds the extra stuff in for reaction, due to previous reaction he has received. I think we can all relate to that, a little bit at least. This blog can turn people into weird versions of themselves. I’ve been there and with the greatest of respect, you seem to get yourself there a fair bit too. It can be hard batting off the varying opinions and personal attacks…mixed in with the good old banter for good measure.

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  • Mund

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:08 PM

    Comment #11

    How many times do I have to respond by saying this is a football blog and anything said on here is fair game to comment on…

    You don’t like it…? Take your own advice and ignore it.

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  • Ibizatoon

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:08 PM

    Comment #12

    Mund…I was just about to ask where was Murphy last night. Missed seeing his infectious smile around the place. He’s turned into a great option for us.

    Anyway, congrats to the Mother and Father. A good enough excuse to miss the match 🙂

    A new addition to the toon army. HWTL!

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  • Mund

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:09 PM

    Comment #13

    Ibiza

    Big miss last night Murphy. If he was on the bench I think we would have seen him replace Miggy.

    Shame but understandable why.

    We welcome another Geordie to the mix

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  • Ibizatoon

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:10 PM

    Comment #14

    Not a big U2 fan, but these lyrics could be appropriate….

    Sunday, Bloody Sunday
    Sunday, Bloody Sunday
    Sunday, Bloody Sunday
    Sunday, Bloody Sunday
    Alright, let’s go
    And the battle’s just begun
    There’s many lost, but tell me who has won?
    The trenches dug within our hearts
    And mothers, children, brothers, sisters torn apart
    Sunday, Bloody Sunday
    Sunday, Bloody Sunday
    How long, how long must we sing this song?
    How long? How long?

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  • Ibizatoon

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:12 PM

    Comment #15

    Mund…I think its a bit harsh to completely blame the little lad for our loss last night… 🙂

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  • ToonDarnSarf

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:14 PM

    Comment #16

    Ibiza – nah, I’m the same weird person in real life. 😉 the difference is that there are certain types of people that I choose not to hang around or I just limit my time with. I pointed out that he’s a troll in case others don’t realise, he regularly posts things on here of a similar nature, it wasn’t just a one-off.

    I admit that I’m not the best in dealing with the weirdos on here who resort to insults…I also don’t believe they’d do it in real life and if they did then decent people wouldn’t want to hang around them for long…

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  • Mund

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:15 PM

    Comment #17

    Ibiza

    Miggy or Roman…? 😉

    Miggy worked hard as he does every game but lacked confidence in the final third. I think he gave them to much respect and you could see that as each time he got in a decent area he wasn’t the same Miggy we have seen. Not blaming it on him as I think it’s a collective. Our game last night was lost in the middle with the incredible Foden tearing us a part. If they had Foden missing we could have won that. He is on a different level

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  • Ibizatoon

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:15 PM

    Comment #18

    FPL hasn’t been a disaster for me so far this weekend (thank you Brighton). Up in the Ed Harrison league so far and still have a few players to get some more points. Hoping Watkins terrorises Everton today.

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  • Sir Pugalot, the Dutch Bulldog

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:16 PM

    Comment #19

    The Taco Taker

    Aug 20, 2023 at 10:58 AM

    Comment #1344
    In better news from yesterday AEK Athens knocked Dynamo Zagreb out of the CL qualifiers and we earned €1.137m because of that. This also means that Royal Antwerp and AEK Athens play each other in the last round and whoever wins will join us in pot 4 of the CL (so we can’t play them)

    Worked in Antwerp for a time (Hence when I asked HobokenToon if he was from Belgium or New Jersey a while back. So, now that Sparta Praha have been knocked out, I am going for a Toon Antwerpen final. 🙂 I have seen a few games there, they will only need 23 new world class signings to meet us in the final.

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  • Ibizatoon

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:19 PM

    Comment #20

    TDS…What I’d ask all people involved in these spats is, what is it achieving?

    There are certainly things in life that are worthy and important of being called out, but most of these battles at this point are totally pathetic, both sides.

    The winner will be the one who can actually walk away from it, imo.

    Mund…Ha. Fair play. Agree, there wasn’t one person at fault last night. Apart from the backline maybe, not one player really stood out as having an on game really. A lot of misfiring and misplaced passes / ideas. It happens. Despite that, we still weren’t awful and didn’t disgrace ourselves. The Liverpool game is the won that I really want us to win.

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  • cleveleysbob

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:20 PM

    Comment #21

    Last Season,

    We got 1 x point off ManC @ home.
    Zero points off Liverpool
    1 x point off Arsenal away
    4 x points off ManU

    They’re currently our biggest opponents for top 4.

    We got 6 points from a possible 24.

    This is our principle target, getting better results against the established “better” teams.

    Obviously, Brighton, AV, Chelsea and Spurs will have their say in this too, but if we just maintain last seasons points take from this 4 and improve our performance against the top 4 above, then we’ll comfortably get Top 4 again this season.

    Primarily I’d like us to beat Liverpool and Arsenal @ SJP. That would be a good start. That’s potentially 6 x points more than last season right there! 🙂

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  • Ibizatoon

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:20 PM

    Comment #22

    Anyway, far too many orange squares on this blog. I’ll leave you all alone. Enjoy the rest of your weekend and come on lionesses!

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  • Sir Pugalot, the Dutch Bulldog

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:24 PM

    Comment #23

    Dog! can you imagine if I posted my algorithm? The blog would shut down. Will keep it in a vault … and on my laptop. I don’t want to rub it in, it does make the blog a lot more enjoyable if you can’t even see 3 posters.

    Whereas I love Iloovetoon. His dedication is impressive. He does provide laughs. I never respond to him, obviously a dunderland guy, but still makes me smile.

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  • Mund

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:26 PM

    Comment #24

    Ibiza

    To come away away with anything last night would have been some feat so I don’t get why losing 1-0 to the worlds best is such a downer…?

    We were sloppy in possession last night and probably the biggest reason why we did lose the game. We are normally a calm passing side and we are good at keeping hold of the ball but we gave so much away last night and you can’t do that against the best. Still tho we weren’t terrible and that’s a huge compliment tbh as we weren’t at our best but we still went toe to toe and to not be at our best and come away with a 1-0 loss at the worlds beat isn’t bad at all.

    We move on and like you that’s the bigger one for me.

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  • The Taco Taker

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:26 PM

    Comment #25

    My FPL game is a nightmare – I am playing “average” – I have a 8 point lead right now with 3 Arsenal players still to play but averages final score will only be calculated after all games as will it final team so I have no idea where I stand really.

    I reckon I am above average though.

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  • valle

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:27 PM

    Comment #26

    Mund from earlier

    I thought I might have misunderstood you, my bad… It seems quite chaotic to navigate where people stand in these discussions after a loss because there is a bit of animosity.

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  • magicmac54

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:28 PM

    Comment #27

    Wow that was a fantastic save by the English keeper there.

    1
  • Ibizatoon

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:29 PM

    Comment #28

    Save!

    Okay, I’m lurking still…

    Mund…Indeed.

    Taco…My only aim now is to be considered above average by this app. To not be, will be soul crushing.

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  • Sir Pugalot, the Dutch Bulldog

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:30 PM

    Comment #29

    Ref World Cup, shot pattern was definitely to the left of the GK, Expected a push around the corner, but no! She had to collect it lol.

    Never a penalty. It took VAR and the ref 5 mins to decide!

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  • webbonufc

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:30 PM

    Comment #30

    We played their game instead of ours. We were boring. We showed them too much respect, as we always do and that’s what annoys me about playing city. They had players missing and were fatigued so why didn’t we go for the jugular? Until we play our brand of football in every game, we aren’t going to compete.

    Yes we didn’t want to get beat 4-0 but that was never going to happen. Sevilla had a go on Wednesday and could have easily beat them but for poor finishing.

    Eddie please play how we want you to play, attack attack attack!

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  • Mund

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:31 PM

    Comment #31

    Valle

    All good mate

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  • Regan

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:31 PM

    Comment #32

    Can’t remember if I’d seen this stat on here somewhere or on the telly box..

    Pep guardiola averages a trophy every 27 matches..

    That’s madness..

    Hopefully won’t be long till Eddie reaches them figures..

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  • Mund

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:32 PM

    Comment #33

    webbonufc

    You do realise that there’s another team and manager who have a say in that as well don’t you…? They didn’t let us play our own game

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  • Ibizatoon

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:33 PM

    Comment #34

    webbonufc…I get that is how it looked, but do you think that was Eddie’s direction to the team? I don’t think it’s in his dna. I think the players gave them too much respect and didn’t manage to execute our game plan.

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  • ToonDarnSarf

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:34 PM

    Comment #35

    Ibiza – I walk away from every single one mate…

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  • Ibizatoon

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:36 PM

    Comment #36

    TDS…Ok. Enjoy your Sunday.

    1
  • valle

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:37 PM

    Comment #37

    Jail from earlier

    Come one man! Now you are basically attacking my choice of words! I made it quite clear that i fully support Eddie and his team, but my gripe were with the performance… Would it be better if I said it was a really, really bad performance?. Read the intention instead of making one up that suits your point or make it about formation. The intention were quite clear.

    The performance was sh*t from a great group of players who didnt do themselves justice. They can do much better than that, and it is too bad that they didnt go and show that. Not so much because of the 3 points lost, because City at home as pretty much calculated in as a 3 points loss from my part before the season even starts, but because we could have made it so much harder for City if we were at it.

    I really thought we could do it and I were backing them for a 1-3 win before the game, but Im left with a feeling of, we dont know if we could do it, and thats what gets to me.

    Next game, we will hopefully be more up for it and get back on track.

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  • Sir Pugalot, the Dutch Bulldog

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:38 PM

    Comment #38

    Regan ref Pep and a trophy every 27 games.

    Correct, brought up on initial commentary last night.

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  • Sir Pugalot, the Dutch Bulldog

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:40 PM

    Comment #39

    A team plays well, a team plays badly. We had a bad day at the office. C’est la vie.

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  • Regan

    Aug 20, 2023 at 12:42 PM

    Comment #40

    Peter..
    I remember now..

    Was under the influence of a certain spirit at the time..

    😆

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