It ended Newcastle 2 Manchester City 1.
A really good team performance and United fully deserving the victory.
Eddie Howe’s side making it six wins in a row at home.
Two composed Harvey Barnes finishes won the game and it could and should have been a bigger winning margin, as Newcastle created a lot of great chances.
Looking at the individuals in black and white, interesting to get an independent perspective on how this played out.
‘Whoscored ratings use data from every single Premier League match, over 200 raw statistics included in the automated calculation of a player’s rating, weighted according to their influence within the game.
Every event of importance is taken into account, with a positive or negative effect on ratings weighted in relation to its area on the pitch and its outcome.’
Now whoscored have published their automated player ratings for this Newcastle 2 Manchester City 1 match:
Whoscored ratings Newcastle 2 Manchester City 1
As you can see, six players received a rating of 7.0 or more, four of them playing for United.
The automated ratings making Harvey Barnes (8.2) man of the match after his two goals won the match
Bruno Guimares (7.2) was next highest and an excellent performance, including setting up the two goals.
Whilst Nick Woltemade (7.0) and Jacob Murphy (7.0) were rated the next best NUFC players.
Sometimes the automated ratings struggle to reflect the reality and I think this was a day when all of the starting eleven deserved at least a 7.0 rating, especially bizarre that none of the defence got a decent rating, particularly when the free scoring Haaland was kept so quiet.
Newcastle 2 Manchester City 1 – Saturday 22 November 2025 5.30pm
Match Stats
Goals:
Newcastle United :
Barnes 63, 70
Man City:
Dias 68
Possession was Newcastle 32% Man City 68%
Total shots were Newcastle 9 Man City 17
Shots on target were Newcastle 5 Man City 4
Corners were Newcastle 5 Man City 9
Touches in the opposition box Newcastle 15 Man City 41
Newcastle team v Man City:
Pope, Livramento, Thiaw, Schar, Hall (Botman 77), Bruno, Joelinton, Tonali, Jacob Murphy, Woltemade (Willock 85), Barnes (Elanga 85)
Subs:
Ramsdale, Ruddy, Alex Murphy, Neave, Miley, Ramsey