00:00Well a Manchester City win is no longer the foregone conclusion it once appeared to be
00:15but a two-goal lead, home advantage and the chance to land a blow on Arsenal at Wembley
00:21before the Premier League title battle reaches its climax all mean the odds are heavily stacked
00:28in City's favour however it only took them 45 minutes to let a two-goal lead slip away
00:35at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday
00:38Well now is it going to open up for City, Bern gets in with a challenge
00:50but it's a challenge that does him no favours because it deflects back in off Omar Mahmouche
00:57and Manchester City have already taken a three-goal lead in the tie
01:03I just see Dan Bairn here now
01:07I think he is, I think he's probably playing
01:09Mahmouche, he's just brilliant to come across and make the challenge in the end
01:13but as I said he's out of luck
01:15It's very early in the game but it's very difficult to see any way back for Newcastle now
01:27Three goals in their last 11 games at this stadium and that is what they need now just to get as far as a penalty shootout
01:38Walter Marder slides it through, can Gordon lift the mood?
01:43There's an opening here for Willock but Trafford reaches out and that long arm
01:49saves Manchester City from seeing their lead reduced
01:54Really good football from Newcastle, that's what you want
01:56Anthony Gordon running behind defenders
01:59Brilliant from the goalkeeper James Trafford
02:01Here's Rinders
02:06Mahmouche keeps pulling out to that left side
02:10and here he is again
02:12Ait Nouri
02:16Rinders on the turn
02:19and flashes it across
02:21Yeah, really good for Manchester City
02:23and you said Mahmouche keeps pulling into that left space
02:26Not sure exactly what he's looking for
02:30because it certainly scared the goalkeeper as it came across
02:32Here's Anthony Gordon
02:45and the touch is at Trafford
02:48who again for the second time in this match has made himself big
02:52Well, they've had two big chances, haven't they, Newcastle?
02:54Really good from Dan Byrne
02:57At the last minute he pulls wide for the goal kick
02:59He just wanted that on his right foot, wouldn't he, Anthony Gordon?
03:05But again, brilliant from the goalkeeper
03:07The break from Rinders
03:16Semenyo pulls it across
03:19and Mahmouche is there again
03:21and scores again
03:22Well, there's been some good fortune
03:27about both of his goals
03:29but the record will show
03:32it's a double for Omar Mahmouche
03:34and Manchester City
03:36are well on their way
03:38to a Wembley final in this competition now
03:41I said the name of the game is can Newcastle win it high
03:46or can Manchester City play through it
03:49and look at Newcastle
03:52pressing high, trying to go after City
03:54but so often Rinders has picked the ball up
03:57in this left channel
03:58and just been running at that Newcastle defence
04:01and I think he's just on Kieran Trippier playing him on Semenyo
04:05this time Semenyo's on the left and it's Mahmouche on the right
04:08and he just can't move his feet quick enough
04:11Kieran Trippier to get it clear
04:14and there's the touch and the goalkeeper
04:16comes to a late
04:17and those two wide strikers are at it again
04:21Semenyo and Mahmouche
04:23in those dangerous positions
04:25it's not great from Kieran Trippier
04:28and then just leaves him at the open net
04:32and Omar Mahmouche
04:36who scored a hat-trick against Newcastle
04:37on their last visit here
04:39is two-thirds of the way to repeating it
04:42so for anyone who raised their eyebrow
04:46and they saw he was in the team ahead of Haaland
04:48sorry Rob, that's what I'm talking about
04:49Bottman's gone all the way with Rinders again in there
04:52and Rinders just ran past him
04:53here's Semenyo
04:54there's a touch on that
04:56but it's followed in by Rinders
04:58and it's getting awkward
05:00really awkward
05:01for Newcastle now
05:02because Manchester City
05:04are picking them apart at will
05:07yeah it's got to stop
05:08and listen I said it was difficult for Eddie Howe
05:10to change the message
05:12from the side of the pitch
05:13but when you see Bottman going in there
05:15how often have we seen Rinders running
05:17at that defence
05:18yeah you've got to stop going in there Semen
05:20that was the plan before the game
05:23that plan's well out the window now
05:25just see where Bottman is there
05:27and then he just gets left
05:29and it's 2v2
05:29and Rinders this has happened five or six times
05:32in the first half
05:33when it's 2v2
05:343v3 with Rinders running
05:36forward
05:37and as I said at 4 the game
05:39at 2-0 and 4-0
05:41and aggregate the game was gone
05:42but this tactic has to change
05:44but listen
05:45Eddie Howe being 2-0 down
05:49I think he had to go for it
05:51so it's the second time Newcastle have conceded three first half goals
06:03under Eddie Howe
06:04and on both occasions
06:06it's been here against City
06:08last year they were trailing to an Omar Mamouche hat-trick at half time
06:14and went on to lose 4-0
06:17this time they're trailing to a Mamouche double
06:20and to Jani Rinders
06:21but what can they do
06:22in the second half
06:24the ball's been given away
06:26and Wisser has an early chance from the off
06:28and clips it wide of the mark
06:30they've had some big chances haven't they Newcastle
06:34I said about getting him on in the first half
06:36because he was bound to get an opportunity
06:38running through on goal
06:39I didn't think it would come
06:4020 seconds into the second half
06:43sloppy from Manchester City
06:44and Wisser is claiming a penalty from that
06:5610 goal
06:57but it might have been 6-1 and half a dozen of the other
07:01with Max Alain
07:02but it is being checked
07:03should we wait to leave Schechter
07:06until we get back to the transfer chat
07:07I'm not sure it is
07:13here's Mamouche
07:18great control from him
07:19and he's lined it up for Rinders
07:23who screws it wide
07:25I didn't expect him to miss
07:29almost a carbon copy
07:31from the goal he scored in the first half
07:33but the referee's saying
07:34they're still looking at it
07:36Rinders who have mentioned
07:41being heavily involved in this game
07:42being a huge threat
07:43constantly making runs from midfield
07:46a few extra bodies in front of him
07:50and that one
07:51than his goal
07:52this is the challenge
07:58not a great moment for the young defender
08:08Max Alain did really well before
08:10I mentioned against Alain
08:12no I don't know
08:14it's been confirmed now there's no penalty
08:16I don't think that's a penalty
08:17can Newcastle at least break their
08:21recent scoring duck here
08:24to give themselves
08:25something of a boost on an otherwise
08:29depressing evening
08:30Chau
08:33here's Alanga
08:36finding the gap to get through
08:39Anthony Alanga
08:40and finally their dry spell of scoring
08:45at the Etihad is ended
08:48by a former Manchester United player
08:51Alanga
08:52making it now
08:53just a 3-1 deficit
08:54on the night
08:55it was a brilliant finish
08:58brilliant run
08:58by Alanga
09:00I don't think the goal means so much
09:02in this game in context
09:03but in terms of Alanga's
09:04Newcastle career
09:05it might set it off
09:09it hasn't really happened for him at all
09:10since he joined the club
09:12in the summer
09:13but this is a fantastic goal
09:15Dan Byrne emerging with it
09:22now Tonali
09:24and this time
09:26has Barnes
09:26timed the run right
09:28slides it across
09:29and Alanga had the opportunity
09:31for a second
09:33and he spurns it
09:34I think this one
09:36was onside
09:38I don't know
09:39it looked a lot tighter
09:40than the last one
09:41I mean that's an absolute sitter
09:43that is tight
09:48I mean
09:51absolutely no excuse
09:54for not
09:54putting that on the target
09:56maybe if you hit the goalkeeper
09:57straight at him
09:58which he'll say
09:59it was a poor finish
09:59that's so poor
10:00I just said
10:02trying to get
10:02his Newcastle career going
10:04and listen
10:04he'd be delighted
10:05with tonight
10:06coming on
10:06and getting a really good goal
10:07still got at least
10:12ten minutes
10:13to try and secure
10:14another one
10:15Tonali's kick
10:17and Alanga's in
10:21at the back again
10:22and feeds it
10:23right across
10:25in front of the two posts
10:26they should have scored
10:29three
10:29Newcastle tonight
10:31I think that would be fair
10:32the chances that they've had
10:35just feels like
10:38there's going to be
10:39a certain goal
10:39as soon as they go across
10:40there
10:41Kusinov does well there
10:43to make sure
10:44I think it's
10:45Visser doesn't get
10:45on the end of it
10:46it's not great for
10:47Manchester City
10:48dealing with that set piece
10:49Murphy
10:56Gonzales
10:58here's Rinders
10:59now Rodri
11:01here's Shirky
11:03Harland's made the run
11:05into the centre
11:06danger here
11:07for Newcastle
11:08and still
11:10he has his problems
11:12in front of goal
11:13against them
11:14denied by Ramsdale
11:15it was great football
11:17around
11:17the pass
11:18and Shirky
11:19with his right foot
11:19we are watching
11:21one of the most
11:22two-footed players
11:23I think we've ever seen
11:24in the Premier League
11:25exactly in the right
11:27position that was
11:28for Harland
11:28just to take that on
11:30the top two teams
11:41in the Premier League
11:43will fight it out
11:44in the Carabao Cup final
11:45Teb Guardiola
11:47set for
11:47a date
11:48with his former coach
11:49Mikel Arteta
11:50and Arsenal
11:52at Rimbledon
11:53on March the 22nd
11:55a tie that tips
11:57City's way
11:58from the first leg
11:59went away from Newcastle
12:00when Omar Amouch
12:01scored early
12:02the first of his
12:03two goals
12:04on the night
12:05and then
12:06Tijani Rinders
12:07made it even more
12:08difficult
12:08for Newcastle
12:09with a third
12:10before half-time
12:11Newcastle
12:12to their credit
12:13gave it a go
12:13in the second half
12:15and did get a reward
12:16with a goal
12:16from Anthony
12:17Ilanga
12:18it finishes
12:193-1 on the night
12:205-1 on aggregate
12:22to City
12:22and it's
12:28three
12:30the
12:31the
12:32the
12:32the
12:33the
12:34the
12:35the
12:36the
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