Just three weekend breaks into the Premier Organization project and we currently have what could be the game of the season.
The only quibble might be whether a draw can be classified as that but this most certainly felt like a timeless as Newcastle held Manchester City, scoring 3 times and also pushing them to the limit to show how much they have currently come under manager Eddie Howe.
That City responded so astonishingly with two objectives in 4 mins, as they peppered Newcastle after falling 3-1 behind in the second-half and also showing up beat, demonstrates how much every person else still needs to come to finish ahead of them. They remain the group to beat. “A proper video game,” Mayor Pep Guardiola said approvingly and it was definitely that.
“That’s why we’re champs,” sang the City followers as Bernardo Silva attracted them level– from possibly the pass of the period, any type of season, from Kevin de Bruyne with a sensational reverse nut-meg – and as exceptionally as Newcastle played they were actually hanging on by the end in a game that had everything. For example Nick Pope yielded three times yet was impressive. “England has an unbelievable goalkeeper there,” Guardiola included.
If this was a workout to demonstrate how far ambitious Newcastle have to go to capture City up after that it was one that will provide deep inspiration since possibly not because the days when Kevin Keegan was manager back in the 1990s has St James Park rocked like this. This was a dizzying glimpse of their possible future.
