March 08, (THEWILL) — Manchester City overcame a first-half deficit to defeat Newcastle United 3-1 at St. James’ Park on Saturday, booking their place in the FA Cup quarter-finals in the process.
Newcastle made a lively start to the contest. A last-ditch block from Abdukodir Khusanov kept Harvey Barnes at bay, and a headed effort from Nick Woltemade was cleared off the line by Nico Gonzalez before the home side eventually made their pressure count. Barnes opened the scoring in the 18th minute, picking out the top-right corner after collecting Sandro Tonali’s incisive pass down the left channel.
City restored parity with six minutes remaining before the break. Jeremy Doku’s cross found its way to the back post, and Savinho tapped home from close range despite Aaron Ramsdale’s best efforts to prevent it.
The visitors completed the turnaround within two minutes of the restart. The ball broke kindly for Omar Marmoush inside the box after Ramsdale got a touch on Matheus Nunes’ cutback, and the Egyptian striker fired into the net to put City in front.
Marmoush then put the result beyond all doubt, crashing a fierce right-footed effort past Ramsdale from just outside the penalty area. The seven-time winners held on comfortably to advance to the next round.
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