Newcastle Vs Man City 3-4: The Citizens Break Away Win Record

Manchester City (Twitter @ManCity)

JAKARTA - Manchester City broke the Premier League's winning streak after stopping Newcastle United's resistance and a 4-3 win over the hosts on a visit to St. James' Park Stadium for the 36th match of the week on Friday local time (Saturday WIB).

The result saw City grace their Premier League title by scoring a record 12 consecutive away wins, which applies to all football castes on the English mainland.

The victory was taken by City with a great struggle, because some of their early chances could always be muted by the hosts and Newcastle stole the lead in the 25th minute through Emil Krafth's goal.

Starting from a corner sent by Jonjo Shelvey, Krafth was able to jump higher than Nathan Ake who escorted him to head the ball into the city net.

The goal did not break City's spirit, but their tries never came to fruition and Newcastle almost doubled their lead if shelvey's free-kick did not hit the crossbar in the 35th minute.

Four minutes later, City finally picked up their dominance when Joao Cancelo fired a shot from the edge of the box past Rodri Hernandez. The ball briefly turned to Jacob Murphy, and goalkeeper Martin Dubravka was fooled and the score was a 1-1 draw.

The momentum continued for City to turn the lead in the 42nd minute when Ilkay Gundogan's free-kick was met by Ferran Torres's acrobatic shot which deflected off Dubravka.

However, in the fourth minute of first half injury time there was an incident inside the box which Joelinton was dropped by Ake. Referee Kevin Friend briefly consulted the VAR before finally pointing to the white spot.

The opportunity was optimised by Joelinton who faced the ball himself from the white spot and converted it to force the first half to end in a 2-2 draw.

Newcastle looked more confident going into the second half and were awarded another penalty after Joe Willock was brought down by Kyle Walker inside the box in the 61st minute.

Willock's penalty was initially deflected by goalkeeper Scott Carson, but the ball bounced off the bar from Arsenal to give Newcastle another 3-2 lead over City in the 62nd minute.

However, Newcastle's advantage this time did not last long, as two minutes later, Torres scored his second with a rotating shot to gabriel jesus.

Then in the 66th minute, Torres completed his tri-goal in this match to bring City back into the lead with a volley from Cancelo's shot that hit the post.

Newcastle tried hard to score again, but a counter-attacking situation failed to pay off as Miguel Almiron unleashed a poor pass that failed to reach Joelinton and could have been swept away by City's defensive line.

Newcastle's third-minute free-kick in injury time was a chance for Paul Dummett to be anticipated by City, who sealed a 4-3 win when the whistle sounded.

The result leaves City on top now with 83 points, while Newcastle (39) are 16th, Antara reports from the Premier League's official website.

GOAL FEST! ⚽️🔥⚽️🔷 #ManCity | https://t.co/axa0klD5re

— Manchester City (@ManCity) May 14, 2021

In the next match, City will visit the Amex Stadium against Brighton &Hove Albion on Tuesday, 18 May, the day after Newcastle return to play at home to sheffield United's caretaker.