Manchester City produced one of their most dominant performances of the season on a soaking wet night against Newcastle. The scoreline may have only been 2-0, with both Bernardo Silva goals going in via deflections, but the hosts finished with 73% possession and mustered 16 shots on goal compared to Newcastle’s two. Pep Guardiola has now guided the Blues to a record sixth consecutive FA Cup semi-final with his side still on for a second Treble. The control exuded by the hosts never relented but here are four things fans may have missed during the match.
Manchester City produced one of their most dominant performance s of the season on a soaking wet night against Newcastle yesterday. The scoreline may have only been 2-0, with both Bernardo Silva goals going in via deflections, but the hosts finished with 73% possession and mustered 16 shots on goal compared to Newcastle ’s two. Pep Guardiola has now guided the Blues to a record sixth consecutive FA Cup semi-final with his side still on for a second Treble .
The control exuded by the hosts never relented but here are four things fans may have missed during the match: ALSO READ: Man City player ratings vs Newcastle ALSO READ: Kyle Walker backs up Pep Guardiola as Man City normalise brilliance Gvardiol instructions It is sometimes forgotten that Josko Gvardiol is a centre-back by trade, albeit has only played there in nine of his 29 games this season. The rest have come at left-back but the Croat was ordered to stay higher than usual against Newcastl
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