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Monday October 20, 2008 Finished St. James' Park

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Newcastle United

  • Ameobi 44’
  • Dunne 63’ (o.g.)

Manchester City

  • Robinho 14’ (pen.)
  • Ireland 86’
  1. City peg back 10-man Newcastle

    City peg back 10-man Newcastle

    A late Stephen Ireland goal earned Manchester City a 2-2 draw at St James' Park after Newcastle fought from a goal and a man down to lead. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Newcastle United
    • Manchester City
    • - Hughes will be livid that his team took their collective foot off the pedal and threw away a gilt-edged chance of three points. It is five games since they won in the league.
    • - It could have been so much better for the Toon, who fought from a goal and a man down to lead - but given the way Man City dominated before and immediately after Beye was sent off and Robinho scored the penalty, Kinnear will take that.
    • 90+4' Newcastle's fans breathe a huge sigh of relief as Styles blows up.
    • 90' All City at present as the fourth official signals four minutes of added time.
    • 89' Ireland attacks the right by-line and centres low where it is almost converted by Sturridge!! He slid but it was half a yard ahead of him.
    • 88' There is still time for a Man City winner - they have an extra man remember. Kompany will not get it with an audacious effort like that from 45 yards - he may have a good shot, but who does he think he is? Xabi Alonso?
    • 86' IRELAND SCORES THE EQUALISER FOR MAN CITY!! Newcastle were static as Robinho passed down the channel for the midfielder - and he finished low past Given.
    • 84' GREAT SAVE BY GIVEN!! Ireland volleyed brilliantly towards the bottom corner, a dipping effort - and the keeper thrust out an arm to keep his side in front.
    • 83' Last City change: Daniel Sturridge on for Garrido.
    • 81' Evans involved in a bit of handbags with Taylor near the fans at the corner flag. He is just frustrated and they get on with the game.
    • 79' Newcastle change: Andrew Carroll on for Ameobi, who looks knackered.
    • 76' Robinho strikes from the right side of the box, saved low by Given. Before that Wright-Phillips slashed a shot wide of the near post.
    • 74' Duff away on the left, turning with the ball... he passes low towards Ameobi in the box and he screws a shot wide of the near post!! A couple of yards wide.
    • 72' Newcastle change: Charles N'Zogbia on for Martins. The Nigerian is applauded off - he has battled on his comeback appearance, like fellow returnee Ameobi.
    • 70' Jo heads Wright-Phillips's corner over the bar when he should score!!
    • 69' Chedwyn Evans fed into his feet by Ireland and he stepped into the box before firing a shot at goal that Steven Taylor blocks. Corner.
    • 69' Evans looking to get on the end of a ball through that Given claims low down just in the nick of time, but the whistle blows anyway for a foul to United.
    • 67' Sir Bobby Robson looks on from the stands as Newcastle approach a first win in five league games and second of the season.
    • 64' City change: Striker Ched Evans on for midfield man Hamann.
    • 63' NEWCASTLE LEADING AFTER A DUNNE OWN-GOAL!! It was a stunning finish from Geremi's corner - he volleyed with the inside of his foot into the top corner from 10 yards out. Newcastle's players and fans go beserk.
    • 62' Ameobi does brilliantly to get a cross in from the left and the home side could do something here as they win a corner...
    • 61' Kompany with a drive at goal from distance, held well by Given. He will be grateful that it was not headed for the top corner.
    • 60' Robinho has completed 33 of 34 passes. And they have not all been taps sideways. Sheer quality from the Brazilian.
    • 58' City change: Nedum Onuoha on for Richards at right-back.
    • 58' Richards has come a cropper and is down receiving treatment.
    • 57' Plenty of physical challenges out there at present, such as one there on Robinho by Butt - he is incensed that he did not get a free-kick.
    • 55' Duff with a powerful run down thr right, feeding a ball through towards Ameobi, but Hart is out quickly. A few moments before he had to be out quickly and didn't keep hold of the ball, but was awarded a foul for the challenge.
    • 52' After a Newcastle corner is cleared City almost break free but the ball in intercepted. Coloccini finds himself in an advanced position and gets a cross in towards Martins, who shimmies about but is ultimately tackled.
    • 50' Wright-Phillips unlucky to not win a corner as both Nicky Butt and Duff are over to challenge him. It was the right decision, though.
    • 47' An early free-kick in an advanced position for the Toon. Geremi over it, as always. He will curl it in... just too far ahead of Coloccini and co.
    • 46' The second half begins, Newcastle now kicking to our left.
    • 45+2' Kinnear almost manages a smile at the fans' roar that greets the half-time whistle. Newcastle were being run ragged - but they have got themselves back into this match.
    • 45+1' Ameobi bursts forward and is hauled down by Kompany. Yellow card for the Belgian, although nothing comes of the kick.
    • 45' Hughes is livid on the touchline. How can his side, having been in such control and with an extra man, let Newcastle back into this?
    • 44' AMEOBI SCORES FOR NEWCASTLE!!! Martins got the ball over from the left and Dunne's clearance came off Richards... the ball dropped for Ameobi via Duff and he stuck it away from a few yards out. 1-1.
    • 41' Dietmar Hamann gets a head to the second corner put in by Garrido - just over the far top corner. Unlucky.
    • 40' Wright-Phillips and Jo look to break and exchange passes as they enter the box. Corner to City.
    • 38' Man City have lost their rhythm while Newcastle have begun to do something in attack without wowing their fans.
    • 36' It is getting tasty out there as Javier Garrido and Duff slide about on the turf, the former hauling the latter back to prevent him from precipitating a quick counter as Ireland came flying over too. Yellow card for Spaniard Garrido.
    • 35' Damien Duff with a glorious chance to equalise!! Martins flicked on to Ameobi, who played a lovely soft ball through down the right side of the box - and the Duffer tried to bend it round Hart first time. It was too close to him and he held it.
    • 34' Dunne has a bloody nose but is on his feet and will come back on shortly as play restarts.
    • 32' Another free-kick in a good position on the right for Newcastle. Geremi's cross causes problems for Hart, who punches his centre-half Dunne in the head a micro-second after the big Irishman headed the ball away. He needs treatment.
    • 30' Nothing comes of it. All hell breaks loose soon after when a blatant foul on Ameobi by Richard Dunne on the touchline is ignored by the linesman - but Styles awards the foul.
    • 29' Geremi with a long ball into the box from the right towards Martins - it is headed away from him and Joe Hart cannot get there. Corner kick.
    • 27' Nearly number two for Man City!! Robinho advanced, playing a one-two with Ireland, but his shot was blocked - and it dropped past the post with striker Jo stretching to try and knock it in.
    • 26' Another corner for the away side, Wright-Phillips's ball in headed away.
    • 24' A handy stat to illustrate City's dominance: 120 passes completed to Newcastle's 26.
    • 23' Richards starting to get forward from right-back too. Martins is playing on the left side of the midfield now to cater for the lack of an 11th man.
    • 22' The away fans inform those following the other side that they are, in fact, going down. Ironic clapping in return - but maybe they have a point, and the Toon Army know it...
    • 19' Man City dominating. Their attacking midfield is unstoppable at the minute. Can Kinnear do something to get a result from here? It doesn't look likely.
    • 17' Richards marauding through on the right thanks again to a ball through by Wright-Phillips - surely Coloccini bundled into him there? The big man stays on his feet and gets a shot away that Given saves with his legs. Corner kick - but that could have been another penalty.
    • 16' Styles is getting some aggro from the home fans for his decision to award the spot-kick. A kick in the you-know-whats for Newcastle when they are already most certainly down.
    • 14' Robinho tucks the penalty inside Shay Given's right-hand post, sending the Irish keeper the wrong way. 1-0 to the visitors.
    • 12' Robinho sprinted through on to a Wright-Phillips through ball. Beye dived back to tackle as he entered the box - the defender got a slight touch on the ball as well as bringing down the player. The ball changed direction slightly, but it was a difficult one for Styles to judge.
    • 12' PENALTY FOR MAN CITY AND HABIB BEYE HAS BEEN SENT OFF!!!
    • 11' After a delay for referee Rob Styles to sort out a bit of argy-bargy in the box, Geremi bends it just over the far top corner. A good effort.
    • 10' Ameobi, looking spritely, chopped down cynically by Ben Haim outside the box. Great position for a shot...
    • 9' Ameobi wins a corner for the Toon. It is headed out and they have another... cleared.
    • 7' Second-bottom Newcastle would climb out of the bottom three with a win tonight. City would move into the top half of the table.
    • 5' City continue to apply pressure, with the nippy winger on the right causing most problems. Brazil star Elano left on the bench tonight.
    • 3' First Robinho mis-kicks then small boy Wright-Phillips before a Vincent Kompany shot is charged down.
    • 2' A diagonal ball towards Martins early on has the back four of Man City backtracking, but they counter through Shaun Wright-Phillips and win a corner off Fabricio Coloccini...
    • 2' Man City kicking from right to left in traditional sky blue and white colours. Newcastle of course in black and white stripes.
    • 1' Joe Kinnear will be shouting his particular brand of motivational language from the Newcastle touchline, while Mark Hughes will look to end a run of four league defeats for Man City.
    • - City have Brazilian wizard Robinho fit despite suffering a thigh injury on World Cup duty against Colombia, while Martin Petrov picked up a knee injury in Bulgaria's goalless draw with Georgia and misses out. Tal Ben Haim comes into defence and Micah Richards moves out to right-back as Pablo Zabaleta is not available.
    • - Michael Owen is missing for the Toon, who have Shola Ameobi in their attack alongside Obafemi Martins. Damien Duff will attack from the left as the home side look to banish their early-season demons.
    • - Welcome to LIVE text commentary on Newcastle v Manchester City from St James' Park.

  • Team Stats

    Newcastle United Stats Manchester City
    28% Possession 71%
    7 Shots 28
    2 Shots on target 8
    1 Saves 1
    5 Corners 10
    15 Fouls 15
    5 Offsides 1
    0 Yellow cards 2
    1 Red cards 0
    28 Tackles 24
    135 Accurate passes 455
    40 Bad passes 41

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Newcastle United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Shay Given 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 0
      27 Steven Taylor 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 2
      12 Sébastien Bassong 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 7 4
      21 Habib Beye 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Fabricio Coloccini 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 3 5
      22 Nicky Butt 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 24 8 6
      8 Danny Guthrie 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 22 7 0
      20 Geremi Nijtap 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 0 2
      11 Damien Duff 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 15 4 2
      23 Shola Ameobi 1 2 1 3 4 4 0 9 3 4
      9 Obafemi Martins 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 12 0 2
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      39 Andy Carroll 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1
      6 Claudio Caçapa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 David Edgar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 José Enrique Sanchez Diaz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Francisco Jiménez Tejada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 5 0
    • Manchester City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Joe Hart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0
      26 Tal Ben Haim 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 61 2 2
      33 Vincent Kompany 0 4 2 2 4 0 0 63 9 2
      15 Javier Garrido 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 36 9 1
      2 Micah Richards 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 17 0 2
      22 Richard Dunne 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 43 6 1
      7 Stephen Ireland 1 5 3 1 3 0 0 31 3 4
      21 Dietmar Hamann 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 58 2 5
      8 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 35 2 2
      14 João Alves de Assis Silva 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 20 3 0
      10 Robson de Souza 1 6 2 2 2 1 1 55 3 1
      16 Kasper Schmeichel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      36 Leandro Gláuber 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Blumer Elano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Daniel Sturridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      4 Nedum Onuoha 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 0 3
      24 Ched Evans 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 1
      19 Gelson Fernandes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 89' Ireland attacks the right by-line and centres low where it is almost converted by Sturridge!! He slid but it was half a yard ahead of him.
    • 86' IRELAND SCORES THE EQUALISER FOR MAN CITY!! Newcastle were static as Robinho passed down the channel for the midfielder - and he finished low past Given.
    • 84' GREAT SAVE BY GIVEN!! Ireland volleyed brilliantly towards the bottom corner, a dipping effort - and the keeper thrust out an arm to keep his side in front.
    • 74' Duff away on the left, turning with the ball... he passes low towards Ameobi in the box and he screws a shot wide of the near post!! A couple of yards wide.
    • 70' Jo heads Wright-Phillips's corner over the bar when he should score!!
    • 63' NEWCASTLE LEADING AFTER A DUNNE OWN-GOAL!! It was a stunning finish from Geremi's corner - he volleyed with the inside of his foot into the top corner from 10 yards out. Newcastle's players and fans go beserk.
    • 44' AMEOBI SCORES FOR NEWCASTLE!!! Martins got the ball over from the left and Dunne's clearance came off Richards... the ball dropped for Ameobi via Duff and he stuck it away from a few yards out. 1-1.
    • 35' Damien Duff with a glorious chance to equalise!! Martins flicked on to Ameobi, who played a lovely soft ball through down the right side of the box - and the Duffer tried to bend it round Hart first time. It was too close to him and he held it.
    • 27' Nearly number two for Man City!! Robinho advanced, playing a one-two with Ireland, but his shot was blocked - and it dropped past the post with striker Jo stretching to try and knock it in.
    • 17' Richards marauding through on the right thanks again to a ball through by Wright-Phillips - surely Coloccini bundled into him there? The big man stays on his feet and gets a shot away that Given saves with his legs. Corner kick - but that could have been another penalty.
    • 14' Robinho tucks the penalty inside Shay Given's right-hand post, sending the Irish keeper the wrong way. 1-0 to the visitors.
    • 12' Robinho sprinted through on to a Wright-Phillips through ball. Beye dived back to tackle as he entered the box - the defender got a slight touch on the ball as well as bringing down the player. The ball changed direction slightly, but it was a difficult one for Styles to judge.
    • 12' PENALTY FOR MAN CITY AND HABIB BEYE HAS BEEN SENT OFF!!!
    • 11' After a delay for referee Rob Styles to sort out a bit of argy-bargy in the box, Geremi bends it just over the far top corner. A good effort.
    • - Welcome to LIVE text commentary on Newcastle v Manchester City from St James' Park.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Rob Styles

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Joe Kinnear

    Captain: Nicky Butt

    Starting line-up

    • S. Given
    • H. Beye Red Card
    • F. Coloccini
    • S. Taylor
    • S. Bassong
    • N. Geremi
    • N. Butt
    • D. Guthrie
    • D. Duff
    • O. Martins Substitution Out (72′)
    • S. Ameobi Goal Substitution Out (79′)

    Subs

    • S. Harper
    • C. Caçapa
    • C. N'Zogbia Substitution In72′
    • .. Xisco
    • J. Enrique
    • A. Carroll Substitution In79′
    • D. Edgar

    Injured

    • A. Smith
    • M. Viduka
    • I. Gonzalez

    Suspended

    None

  • Manchester City

    Manager: Mark Hughes

    Captain: Richard Dunne

    Starting line-up

    • J. Hart
    • M. Richards Substitution Out (58′)
    • R. Dunne Own Goal
    • T. Ben Haim
    • J. Garrido Yellow Card Substitution Out (83′)
    • V. Kompany Yellow Card
    • D. Hamann Substitution Out (64′)
    • S. Ireland Goal
    • S. Wright-Phillips
    • .. Robinho
    • .. Jo

    Subs

    • K. Schmeichel
    • N. Onuoha Substitution In58′
    • B. Elano
    • G. Fernandes
    • D. Sturridge Substitution In83′
    • C. Evans Substitution In64′
    • G. Berti

    Injured

    • D. Vassell
    • V. Bojinov

    Suspended

    • P. Zabaleta