Newcastle 2-1 Man City: Barnes at the double as Haaland has rare off-day

"Erling Haaland suffered a rare off day as Harvey Barnes' double gave Newcastle victory over Manchester City at St James' Park. The Premier League's leading goalscorer went into the contest seeking his 100th strike in the English top flight but missed two excellent opportunities as City slumped to their second successive away defeat. Barnes was not as profligate, scoring either side of a Ruben Dias equaliser, to move Newcastle up to 14th in the table."

"Haaland ought to have opened the scoring inside the first four minutes but fluffed his lines in uncharacteristic fashion. The Norwegian was played through by Jeremy Doku but tried to chip the ball over the advancing Nick Pope and only succeeded in skewing it horribly wide. It was to prove a sign of things to come as both sides squandered numerous opportunities in an absorbing opening period."

"City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma made a fine save to keep out Nick Woltemade's header and the giant German failed to beat the Italian again after 27 minutes having been played in by Barnes. In between those chances, City had two excellent shouts for a penalty. The first appeared a stonewaller, Fabian Schar catching Phil Foden on the ankle after the England midfielder had got his shot away while the second, for handball against Malick Thiaw, was also waved away by referee Sam Barrott."

Harvey Barnes scored twice to give Newcastle a surprise victory over Manchester City at St James' Park, moving Newcastle up to 14th in the Premier League table. Erling Haaland missed two excellent chances while seeking his 100th top-flight goal and City slumped to a second successive away defeat. City dominated possession at times and had two penalty appeals turned down, including a tackle by Fabian Schar on Phil Foden and an alleged Malick Thiaw handball. Gianluigi Donnarumma produced important saves, Nick Pope denied close-range chances, and Phil Foden also missed a gaping opportunity, but Barnes' finishing decided the match.

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