Manchester City 2 Newcastle 0: Observations from Manchester City’s mature and professional win

Key Highlights

• The second leg will take place at the Etihad on February 4.
• Newcastle did have their moments, as Yoane Wissa missed a simple chance at the beginning of the match and James Trafford denied Wissa again in the second half before Bruno Guimaraes hit the post prior to City opening the scoring.
• But from the point that Antoine Semenyo opened the scoring, you always felt that City had control of the match as they put in a mature display at St.
• James’ Park. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHere are my observations from a mature Manchester City win where the performance felt like a massive step was taken by Pep Guardiola’s side.
• VAR also had its moment at St.