Kevin De Bruyne inspires late City comeback at St James' Park
Newcastle 2 Manchester City 3
It took Kevin De Bruyne just five minutes to remind Manchester City what they've been missing for the last five months.
A goal and an assist from the Belgian helped to seal a dramatic stoppage-time victory. Pep Guardiola's side recovered from a 2-1 deficit with 15 minutes left to seal a stunning victory thanks to Oscar Bobb's clinical close-range finish from De Bruyne's pinpoint pass deep into stoppage time.
Newcastle were harbouring ideas of hanging on for a famous win when De Bruyne accepted a pass from Rodri, made his way with intent towards the edge of the area, and passed his side's deserved equaliser into the bottom corner from 20 yards.
City's bench was worth north of half a billion pounds, Newcastle's significantly less, and it showed as De Bruyne came on for his first Premier League appearance since suffering a hamstring injury in August to underline his importance to Guardiola with his first league goal since April.
It was a bitter blow for Newcastle to absorb, but worse was to follow when Bobb delivered an unwanted sting in the tail courtesy of more De Bruyne sorcery.
The first-half will rightly take its place among the most entertaining 45 minutes of Premier League football this season. Sean Longstaff had the ball in the net inside two minutes to hint at the mayhem to come, but the midfielder's effort was ruled out for offside.
In his only meaningful contribution before limping off within 10 minutes following a collision with Longstaff, Ederson saw his attempted clearance blocked by Miguel Almirón, before a Bruno Guimaraes air shot with the goal at his mercy spared the errant keeper's blushes.
City quickly steadied the ship, and took the lead shortly after Martin Dubravka had
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