Josko Gvardiol slotted in his first goal of the campaign to put City into a first-half lead after a cleverly-crafted move saw him convert Jack Grealish’s threaded pass.
Newcastle equalised from the penalty spot midway through the second-half, with Anthony Gordon scoring after he had been brought down by Ederson.
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Pep Guardiola’s men pushed for a winner towards the end, with Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva having strong efforts on goal, but both sides had to settle for a point.
“I think it was a tough game as always here,” Kovacic expressed in his post-match interview.
“It is a tough place to come with high intensity, duels, tackles, so it’s always a battle.
“This is a team that wants to win every game, so when you draw it’s never nice, but we could have won the game, we had our chances to close the game earlier and then we conceded the penalty.
“So we have to live with the draw today, but obviously we came here to win and we have to improve on some parts of our game.”
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The Croatian also hailed fellow countryman Gvardiol after he scored a well worked opening goal at St James’ Park.
Watch the entire interview via the video at the top of the page …
