Arsenal has been a moneyline favorite 31 times this season, and has gone 21-7-3 in those games. Newcastle has won three of the 10 games it has played as an underdog this season.
Hit with an infamous 10-month ban after breaching betting regulations immediately after arriving at St. James' Park, Tonali endured a public nightmare after initially arriving on Tyneside. However, continuing to receive a string of plaudits over the past 12 months and with his stock at a red-hot high, the former AC Milan starlet has been Newcastle's standout performer this season.
But we're mid-season, we're in the middle of some of the biggest games of his career, and who knows what's going to happen internationally with Anthony in the summer as well. He's not got time to look left or right. He's got to be fully focused on straight ahead and the next game, and trying to be as good as he can be.
Newcastle United players waited impatiently in the tunnel at the Etihad. It was three minutes until kick-off and the Carabao Cup holders were desperate to get going as a bemused Kieran Trippier looked around and wondered where his counterparts from Manchester City were. There was no sign of Pep Guardiola's team. The hosts took their time to emerge from the dressing room, but they quickly left Newcastle in a daze after racing into a 3-0 lead in the second leg of their semi-final.