Hyperventilating Thriller 💥🤩

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City were looking to keep their perfect record going at the start of the campaign by continuing their winning run. So far, they've beaten both West Ham and Bournemouth without conceding a goal. Newcastle has also made an unbeaten start to the season, following an opening day victory over Nottingham Forest with a goalless draw at Brighton and Hove Albion last time out.

City is unbeaten in their last 19 Premier League away games. They needed to avoid defeat here. It would be the sixth different unbeaten run of 20+ Premier League matches on the road, with Manchester United holding the outright record (29 between 2020 and 2021).

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Pep Guardiola made two changes to his City side after the win over Bournemouth last weekend. Stones was brought in for his first start of the season, with Silva coming in. Dias and Mahrez were dropped to the bench, and new signing Gomez was named among the subs.

MANCHESTER CITY (4-3-3): Ederson; Kyle Walker, John Stones, Nathan Ake, Joao Cancelo; Kevin De Bruyne, Rodrigo, Ilkay Gundogan; Phil Foden, Erling Haaland, Bernardo Silva.

SUBS: Julian Alvarez, Stefan Ortega, Rico Lewis, Riyad Mahrez, Kalvin Phillips, Ruben Dias, Cole Palmer, Sergio Gomez, Luke Mbete.

🔵 TEAM NEWS 🔵

XI | Ederson, Walker, Stones, Ake, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Gundogan (C), Bernardo, Haaland, Foden

SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Dias, Phillips, Alvarez, Gomez, Mahrez, Mbete, Palmer, Lewis#ManCity | @HaysWorldwide pic.twitter.com/M99Sim4o7x
— Manchester City (@ManCity) August 21, 2022

Eddie Howe was clearly pleased with what he saw in the draw with Brighton last time out as he named an unchanged line-up. Newcastle also had Fraser and Krafth on the bench after they passed late fitness tests.

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NEWCASTLE UNITED (4-3-3): Nick Pope; Kieran Trippier, Sven Botman, Fabian Schar, Dan Burn; Joe Willock, Bruno Guimaraes, Joelinton; Miguel Almiron, Callum Wilson, Allan Saint-Maximin.

SUBS: Chris Wood, Elliot Anderson, Martin Dubravka, Ryan Fraser, Jamaal Lascelles, Emil Krafth, Sean Longstaff, Matt Ritchie.

Unchanged. 💪

HWTL! ⚫️⚪️ pic.twitter.com/b3B9NjUhd7
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) August 21, 2022

As expected city was attacking in every manner. They didn’t have to wait long for a breakthrough. Silva had acres of space down the right, and his work caught out Newcastle's defense. He weaved this way and that before clipping a brilliant cross to Gundogan. Even after the Newcastle defenders closed Silva down, they couldn’t get near him as he slalomed away from them to make more space for the cross. Gundogan brought it down with an excellent first touch before cracking a shot past Pope from close range. 1-0 City!

.@IlkayGuendogan starting off the scoring! 🍦#ManCity pic.twitter.com/GCaACwHzrM
— Manchester City (@ManCity) August 21, 2022

Since Guardiola's first season as a Premier League manager in 2016-17, City has scored the opening goal of a match within the first five minutes 29 times - at least 14 more than any other club in this time (Liverpool 15).

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Newcastle was still pressing City high upfield, but they couldn’t get close to them at any cost. City just wasn’t able to deal with Saint-Maximin's threat in this game so far, and he dribbled away from two players to get his cross in this time. Willock missed it, but Almiron leaned forward just enough to glance it in off his thigh. The flag went up, but he was onside, and VAR said it stands! 1-1!

The smile says it all. 😄🇵🇾 pic.twitter.com/HoOYqkED1c
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) August 21, 2022

It's getting a bit frantic here, with both teams looking for the next goal. It's Saint-Maximin that's breaking forward yet again. It's another counter-attack for Newcastle, and City were all over the place! Schar went long, and Walker could only help it onto Saint-Maximin. He breezed past Rodri as he cut inside and slotted it through to Wilson for his second assist of the game. 2-1 Newcastle!

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Howe was pleased with how his side reacted to going behind early on and has been brilliant, especially on the counter, which he hoped they could keep up after the break. City were at a loss after conceding the goal and things got a bit spiced up. One thing Guardiola needed to look at was finding a way to keep Saint-Maximin quiet in the second half. City were moving it upfield quickly again as they looked to get back on level terms.

To make things a lot harder, Trippier scored from the free kick. WHAT A GOAL! 3-1 Newcastle! Well, well, that was out of the syllabus.

💥 @trippier2 does it again! pic.twitter.com/g8HqPuIyOU
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) August 21, 2022

Among players scoring five or more Premier League goals, Trippier (4/5) has netted the highest ratio from direct free-kicks in the competition.

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City was looking to make an instant response to that goal. The corner was taken short to De Bruyne, and he swung a great cross into the far post. Dias couldn’t do anything with it, but Rodri managed to get it to Haaland, who volleys in. 3-2! GAME ON!

3️⃣ in 3️⃣ for @ErlingHaaland ✨#ManCity pic.twitter.com/jFq8jjID6O
— Manchester City (@ManCity) August 21, 2022

City wanted the next goal as soon as possible. They wanted to rewrite the outcome. Four minutes later, SILVA EQUALISESD! And just like that, City was level! Yet again, De Bruyne cut open Newcastle's defense with a through-ball, and Silva timed his run perfectly to stay onside. His first touch took him into a yard of space, and he slotted it into the back of the net. 3-3! Breather

.@KevinDeBruyne 🤝 @BernardoCSilva #ManCity pic.twitter.com/ZfUyN5NvcC
— Manchester City (@ManCity) August 21, 2022

City was doing everything possible to find a late winner there. But the scoreboard was halted. City is still unbeaten, but they missed the chance to go level on points with Arsenal at the top, and they moved into second. Next up for them is a charity game against Barcelona on Wednesday. Newcastle's unbeaten run also goes on, and their attention now turns to the EFL Cup when they travel to Tranmere Rovers.