1-2! Haaland spits cake, Manchester City suffers from controversial penalties, Newcastle wins, and Arsenal accepts the gift

This weekend the five major leagues reignited the war. In the early morning of November 23, a focus match of the 12th round of the Premier League started at St. James Park Stadium. Newcastle faced Manchester City at home. Harland complained in this campaign, Foden also wasted many opportunities, Barnes scored twice, and Manchester City suffered a 1-2 away defeat.

Manchester City has performed well recently. They defeated defending champion Liverpool 3-0 in the last round and temporarily ranked third in the Premier League standings. Newcastle is troubled by two-front battles, with 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses in 11 rounds, ranking sixth from the bottom with 12 points, only 1 point ahead of Leeds United in the relegation zone!

For this game, Newcastle followed the 433 formation, with Walter Mader, Tonali, Joelinton and Guimarães appearing one after another. For Manchester City, Haaland, Shirki and Doku lead the trident, with Foden, B Seat and Nico Gonzalez sitting in the midfield.

Only 50 seconds into the game, Donnarumma made a mistake in passing the ball in the backcourt. Barnes intercepted the ball and hit the goal directly. However, the power was insufficient. The Manchester City goalkeeper easily confiscated it and the Blue Moon Army escaped.

In the 3rd minute, Joelinton responded with a pass, Doku counterattacked with a sharp through ball, and Haaland missed with a single shot, which was also a waste of opportunity. In the 12th minute, Jacob Murphy made a 45-degree cross from the right, and the landing spot was just right. Walter Mader rushed over and Mr. 75 Million headed the goal. Donnarumma reacted against the odds and made the ultimate save in front of the goal line.

In the 17th minute, a controversial penalty appeared on the court: Doku made a through ball from the front of the penalty area, and Foden followed up and missed the volley. However, after taking the kick, he was violently tackled to the ground by Scheer. However, the referee did not award a penalty kick after listening to the opinions of VAR, which caused dissatisfaction with Guardiola and Manchester City generals.

In the 26th minute, Tonali launched a quick counterattack. Barnes passed the ball from the middle and Walter Mader shot with a single sword. Donnarumma once again turned the tide and saved with one palm.

In the 30th minute, Guimarães made a pass from the right. Facing an excellent opportunity, Barnes missed the mark without being marked.

In the 35th minute, O'Reilly accelerated from the left and went down the inverted triangle to feed the cake. Harland had the perfect opportunity to meet the ball and push the ball, which also hit Pope!

In the 42nd minute, Foden scored the ball during the counterattack, and then received a cross pass from Shelki. Facing most of the empty goal, he also pushed the ball away.

In the 57th minute of the change of sides, Joelinton transferred a long pass. Jacob Murphy made a low pass at the first time. Walter Mader followed up and hit, and Donnarumma once again turned the tide.

In the 64th minute, Guimarães pushed forward to counterattack, and struggled to send a cross from the front of the penalty area. Barnes pushed a shot from outside the penalty area, and finally penetrated Donnarumma's ten fingers. Newcastle took the lead, 1-0!

In the 68th minute, Manchester City formed a siege through a corner kick attack. Shirki's shot from a small angle was blocked. Ruben Dias scored a supplementary shot and quickly equalized the score, 1-1!

In the 70th minute, Tonali's corner kick was cleared, and Barnes counterattacked to score the ball. Jacob Murphy passed the ball, and Walter Made headed the ball. Guimarães hit the crossbar with a close-range attack, and Barnes made a supplementary shot in front of the goal. He scored twice and Newcastle took the lead again, 2-1!

It is worth mentioning that Guimarães was suspected of being offside, but VAR verified for 5 minutes and still upheld the original decision, which made Manchester City very dissatisfied. In the 85th minute, Foden passed a corner kick, Botman made a header error, and Savinho was unmarked and his shot flew away.

Manchester City lost 1-2 in the away game, and their 4-game winning streak in all competitions came to an abrupt end. As a result, Manchester City is still 4 points behind the top spot with one more game. Arsenal is undoubtedly the happiest. As long as they defeat Tottenham this round, they can get rid of the Blue Moon Legion.