Match report: Newcastle United vs Manchester City

The Citizens eyeing the semi-final ticket, but The Magpies are ready to tackle the guest mission.

Manchester City travel to St James Park to face host Newcastle United in the FA Cup quarter-final match on Monday (6/29) early morning hrs.

After losing the English Premier League title in the middle of last week, Pep Guardiola's men made this second caste competition one of their targets, in addition to the Champions League.

Line-up

NEWCASTLE UNITED XI (5-4-1): Karl Darlow; Danny Rose, Federico Fernandez, Jamaal Lascelles, Fabian Schar, Javier Manquillo; Miguel Almiron, Sean Longstaff, Isaac Hayden, Alan Saint-Maximin; Andy Carroll.

MANCHESTER CITY XI (4-3-3): Claudio Bravo; Kyle Walker, Nicolas Otamendi, Aymeric Laporte, Benjamin Mendy; David Silva, Ilkay Gundogan, Kevin De Bruyne; Riyad Mahrez, Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling.

The course of the match

1 '- The first round starts!

2 '- Manchester City opens the game aggressively. The game has only been running for two minutes, they have threatened Newcastle United with Otamendi's header, but the defender's effort soared too high.

9 '- The visitors continue to confine the Newcastle United defense. An attempt was made by Mahrez, who sent a shot from the edge of the penalty area, but the winger's effort was muted by the Magpies defender.

11 '- Mendy is far away from his territory to help the Citizens attack. The French wing-back grabbed a chance from inside the Newcastle United penalty area, but his shot did not meet the target.

15 '- Newcastle United are finally able to get out of the pressure of the guest. Carroll did the experiment from a distance, the ball headed towards the goal, but Bravo had no trouble catching the round skin.

19 '- OPPORTUNITIES! Mahrez almost opened the advantage of his team. After stabbing into the Newcastle United penalty area, the Algerian wing sent a shot at the far post, but Dubravka was still able to clear the ball.

27 '- The referee gives a' water break '. The players from both teams take a break to just drink or receive instructions from their coach.

35 '- PENALTIES FOR MANCHESTER CITY! Jesus fell down after receiving encouragement from Fernandez. The referee did not hesitate to point to the white dot.

37 '- GO! De Bruyne succeeds in executing Manchester City's penalty! The Belgian midfielder shot into the corner of the goal.

45 + 2 '- Laporte almost doubled Manchester City's score, but the defender's header still bounced just above the crossbar.

HALF-TIME: NEWCASTLE 0-1 MANCHESTER CITY