OMAR MARMOUSH intelligibly got the hump erstwhile they billed this arsenic a shoot-out betwixt the nation’s deadliest duo – and didn’t mean him.
It was supposedly an day that would beryllium decided by the deadly boots of Erling Haaland and Alexander Isak.
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GettyA time erstwhile the Premier League’s finest 2 finishers went caput to caput successful a idiosyncratic duel to spot who ended the play successful 4th place.
And yes, I cognize Mo Salah has much goals than some of them, but successful presumption of retired and retired centre forwards and goals-per-shot, these are the large two, judge me.
But not contiguous they weren’t. For portion the Etihad was blown distant by a goalscoring blitzkrieg, it wasn’t a Scandinavian hat-trick which had them connected their feet.
Instead it was an Egyptian who wowed the crowd… a antheral who hadn’t scored a extremity for City earlier yesterday.
Admittedly this was lone the 4th clip Marmoush has started since his January accomplishment from Eintracht Frankfurt.
And true, helium did person a onslaught complaint of much than 1 each different crippled for the Germans, truthful we’re hardly talking a antheral who doesn’t cognize his mode to the extremity here.
But careless of each that, simply opening his relationship would person been bully enough. Instead it became a time City’s latest apical gunner volition ne'er forget. He won’t beryllium the lone one.
Even Haaland, to beryllium fair, adjacent if helium did gully a blank… he’ll ever look backmost connected it arsenic the time Pep Guardiola gave him the armband and helium skippered the broadside for the archetypal time.
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APNot excessively galore others who were present volition retrieve it for that, mind. For them it volition beryllium each astir the archetypal clip Marmoush proved their Norwegian hitman is not the lone hotshot successful town.
Newcastle surely recovered that to their cost, connected an day erstwhile – amazingly – City won 3 location Premier League games connected the bounce for the archetypal clip this term.
It’s been that benignant of play for the four-time champions. One which has go unforgettable for each the incorrect reasons.
Yesterday Marmoush went immoderate mode to giving a representation which, nevertheless it ends 3 months from now, volition astatine slightest springiness a mates of reasons to grin.
Three of them, to beryllium precise. Unless you were of a Toon persuasion of course… Marmoush wiped the grin of Geordie faces with 3 deadly strikes successful 15 devastating minutes.
The archetypal of them came acknowledgment to a record-breaking assistance from Ederson, with a down-town punt from 10 yards extracurricular his ain box.
Kieran Trippier was successful the close presumption to woody with it, but alternatively of holding his ground, leapt for the header and ne'er got close.
Instead the shot cleared him by a gait – and Martin Dubravka’s by adjacent much – arsenic Marmoush lobbed the Toon keeper for his first.
It was the SIXTH assistance from the Brazilian footwear of Ederson – a Premier League grounds for a goalkeeper.
Five minutes aboriginal City had doubled up arsenic the Egyptian struck again – and erstwhile much Trippier was the closest defender to him. Not that this 1 was down to him.
It was much down to an assassin’s-eye decorativeness from the striker, erstwhile Ilkay Gundogan strolled into midfield abstraction and picked him retired a mates of yards into the Newcastle box.
Marmoush took it successful his stride, stepped smartly crossed Trippier and drilled a laser-like decorativeness into the bottommost corner.
Sure, helium shouldn’t person been fixed thing similar the country helium was, truthful heavy into Toon territory. But don’t fto that disguise the information it was despatched successful objective fashion.
City were coasting, Newcastle chaotic…and a mates of years agone that would person efficaciously made it crippled implicit successful little than fractional an hour.
But aft losing FIVE games erstwhile they person taken the pb already, surely nary chickens were being counted by City yet. It would instrumentality astatine slightest 1 much earlier anyone risked that.
On 32 minutes it duly arrived, arsenic well. No prizes for guessing the goalscorer either – it was a King Midas day for Marmoush.
Golden interaction fig 3 was down to the dazzling, darting feet of Savinho, weaving specified a way en way to the byline that mediocre Lewis Hall was successful information of getting twisted blood.
The Brazilian picked retired Marmoush, who had pulled into abstraction adjacent the punishment spot, and helium brought up the treble with a archetypal clip side-foot.
Job done for City, occupation done for the Egyptian, who got the lasting ovation you’d expect erstwhile Guardiola gave him the last 14 minutes successful the dugout.
Still time, though, for James McAtee to adhd a fourth, volleying successful from bang successful beforehand erstwhile Haaland flicked connected a Gundogan corner.
All of which means astatine slightest City volition caput to Spain with spirits high, arsenic they instrumentality connected that daunting task of overturning past week’s archetypal limb Champions League nonaccomplishment to Real Madrid connected Wednesday.
Still 1 hellhole of a upland to ascent of course, but with Marmoush successful this signifier you ne'er know…Liverpool aren’t the lone ones with an Egyptian king aft all.
And his relation could beryllium adjacent much pivotal aft Haaland was hauled disconnected conscionable earlier the end with a worrying looking genu injury.
Haaland came disconnected adjacent the end
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