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Newcastle 2-3 Man City: Pep Guardiola’s men fought from behind to win at St James’ Park

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Kevin de Bruyne came back from injury to inspire Manchester City to victory as they came from behind to secure a 3-2 win over Newcastle United at St James’ Park.

Eddie Howe’s side have lost their last three league matches and fallen away from the top-four race, but they were unable to hold on to a 2-1 lead once De Bruyne stepped onto the field.

Bernardo Silva’s opener was quickly cancelled out by two goals in two-and-a-half minutes from Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon.

But once De Bruyne was brought on for Silva in the second half, City grasped control of the match and were able to fight their way back into the game.

De Bruyne scored the equaliser himself, before Oscar Bobb stepped up in stoppage time to secure all three points for the visitors.

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Kevin de Bruyne to TNT Sports: “I’m dead honestly. It was crazy.

“I missed this you know. It is what it is, I had a big injury and I needed the time and I enjoyed myself but I worked hard to come in this stage and in this environment.

“To be fair it was more willpower than anything else it was crazy.”

When asked about his sharpness following so long out, he said: “I think it’s more willpower than sharpness, I know I’m not able to do that for 90 minutes at the moment. But I know I can put in a shift for 20 or 25 minutes at full pace, I feel it in my lungs the cold but it can’t be any better than this.”

Sonia Twigg13 January 2024 19:49

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Oscar Bobb said to TNT Sports after the game: “Amazing feeling, just watching from the bench it was such a high tempo match and the manager told me to ‘go and score’ so thankfully I could.

On scoring: “It’s a lifelong dream and to do it with the best team in the world I can’t explain it.

“We could hear them (the fans) all game and they helped us a lot today and this win is for them.”

On De Bruyne’s ball for his winner: “I said thank you to him after and he’s the only one in the world who can do that so it’s great.”

Sonia Twigg13 January 2024 19:41

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Stay tuned for all the post-match reaction from St James’ Park.

Sonia Twigg13 January 2024 19:35

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Full time: Newcastle fought their way back into the game after going behind, but it was Manchester City’s substitutes and Kevin de Bruyne who made the difference as they came back in the second half.

De Bruyne levelled the match and then set up the winner to secure the win for City, while injury-ravaged Newcastle were unable to have the same impact with their own limited options from the bench.

Sonia Twigg13 January 2024 19:30

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GOAL! Bobb puts the visitors ahead – Newcastle 2-3 Man City

90+1’ GOAL! Bobb strikes! Manchester City have claimed what could be the winner in the final moments!

It was a brilliant ball from De Bruyne, he has made all the difference in this game to play in the 20-year-old who provided yet another great finish in the game.

Sonia Twigg13 January 2024 19:26

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89’ Rodri runs forward and finds De Bruyne, but Trippier is there to block Gvardiol.

Sonia Twigg13 January 2024 19:25

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89’ Into the final two minutes of normal time, but there will be some added on, although nothing like the eight minutes that we saw in the first half.

Sonia Twigg13 January 2024 19:24

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88’ Newcastle are camped outside their own box, and they will have a free-kick for a foul as De Bruyne tried to find Kovacic and a rare respite from defending for the Magpies.

Sonia Twigg13 January 2024 19:23

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