Roberto Mancini’s men bounced back from their disappointing home defeat against Everton earlier in the week in the perfect way with three points away at Newcastle. If Manchester City were slow out of the blocks at Eastlands against the Toffees the exact opposite was the case at St James’ Park today as they stormed into a 2-0 lead within the first five minutes.
Manchester City were clinical in the opening exchanges as first Gareth Barry and then Carlos Tevez found the back of the net. The latter was in particularly good form, netting again late on and making the three points completely safe after Newcastle had threatened a comeback through Andy Carroll’s header. The win takes Manchester City up to second in the Premier League table behind United, and keeping them firmly in the title race.
So what five things did we learn about Man City today?
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