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Eddie Howe watched on as the game ended Newcastle 0 Manchester City 2.

The United Head Coach declaring after the final whistle: “All I can look at is the effort levels of the players and I think considering Saturday’s efforts that we gave against Bournemouth, that was a great effort from the guys against the worst side that could expose that fatigue.”

As the statistics show (see below), very little between the two sides and arguably Newcastle United having the better chances.

The woodwork twice denying United, replicating what has happened so often this season.

If you don’t take your big chances though, then invariably you end up getting punished.

Early on, Newcastle opened Man City up and Yoane Wissa presented with a great chance to open the scoring, only to miss the target, Eddie Howe admitting: “Looking back with hindsight, you would say that was potentially a big turning point. We wanted to get the crowd fully into the match and Manchester City want to do the opposite by retaining the ball and calm the crowd down, also it’s always that dynamic by the two teams. Yoane is a top player and he is...