The confrontation between Newcastle and Manchester City, the champions of last season, ended in an exciting 3-3 draw, in a match in which the first advanced 3-1 until the 61st minute, before the two teams were satisfied with one point, in the third stage of the English Championship.
Thus, City missed the opportunity to regain the lead from Arsenal, the perfect record holder so far, with 7 points in second place, compared to 9 for the London team.
Manchester City has maintained its unbeaten record in the last 20 games he played away from home since last season.
Despite wasting a valuable victory, Newcastle, which was bought by the Saudi Investment Fund last year, confirmed that it will not be up for grabs this season.
Newcastle were the better party for an hour of the match, before City rose and saved the situation in the last twenty minutes.
Manchester City opened the scoring after only 6 minutes, when German Ilkay Gundogan found himself unattended inside the area, controlling the ball before shooting it past goalkeeper Nick Pope.
But the Newcastle players caught their breath and managed to match their counterparts at City with a match against each other.
And the efforts of Newcastle resulted in the equalizing goal by the Paraguayan Miguel Almiron, who followed a perfect ball from the fast French winger Pierre Allen Maximilian (28).
Callum Wilson managed to score the goal for the hosts when he received a perfect ball inside the area, deceiving a defender before shooting it outside the foot into the net of Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson (39).
City came down with full force in the second half and put pressure on Newcastle’s goal, and their Norwegian striker, Arling Halland, missed an easy opportunity before the referee awarded a direct free kick in favor of Newcastle, Kieran Trippier kicked it in the upper corner, giving his team a 3-1 lead (54).
Man City threw all his weight to return in the match and managed to reduce the difference, after a wonderful joint game that Haaland ended in the roof of the net from close range (61).
And soon, City equalized with a goal played by a cunning pass from Belgian Kevin De Bruyne, one of the best players in the game in the region, who was caught by Portuguese Bernardo Silva (64).