Man City 6-1 Newcastle - Match Report & Player Ratings

Well that all escalated very quickly. No sooner had Newcastle United resurfaced for the second half with the scores all level - after a very industrial, yet classy first period where they even took the lead - they were 4-1 down and out of the game. Five goals from Sergio Aguero swayed the tide in Manchester City's favour after United, rather sickeningly after what happened in the second half, could have easily been a few goals up in the first half. New signing Aleksandar Mitrovic - who opened the scoring with a stooping header early on after great work from Kevin Mbabu and Georginio Wijnaldum - could have had a first half treble after a tap in was wrongly ruled out for offside, before a glorious chance save by the toe-end of Joe Hart thwarted him once again. Those misses cost United as City equalised in the moments leading up to half time. A ball across the area from David Silva found the head of Fernandinho, who in turn headed across the six-yard box for Aguero to get his first. Half time came and went; in which time Steve McClaren must have doused his players in booze and sleeping pills as the chaos began. Goals from Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne saw City 6-1 up after 62 minutes. And they could have had more. Newcastle imploded on a far greater scale than was ever seen in the dark days of Messrs Carver and Pardew. Argentine Aguero was taken off soon after his fifth as City moved back down the gears. Even still, the likes of De Bruyne and Wifried Bony should have scored. City declared. Newcastle dead.