Summary

  • Aguero pen after Anita trips Dzeko

  • Nasri slots home from eight yards

  • Dzeko with first goal since September

  • Silva now has nine league goals this season

  • Bony off bench for Man City debut

  1. Postpublished at 20:08 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2015

    Anyway, that is all from me for this evening.

    Manchester City take a huge step back into the Premier League title race and now have Barcelona to look forward to in the Champions League on Tuesday.

    Before that though, there are three Premier League fixtures to look forward to tomorrow and we will have live text commentary on all the action. Be there from 10:00 GMT.

    For now though, cheerio.

  2. Manager reactionpublished at 20:01 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2015

    A bit more from Newcastle boss John Carver:

    Do you have a message to the supporters? "An apology first of all. We all know we have a fantastic following. They were behind the team and they stayed behind us. They kept singing.

    "I think our fans are quite knowledgable and I think they know the difference between the two clubs. I don't think our players gave up on the situation. They gave what they had but sometimes it is not good enough.

    "I think the fans knew that. Sometimes you have to say you have been beaten by the better side with world class players and I think they understand that."

  3. Where it went wrong for Chelseapublished at 19:59 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2015

    Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho blamed four key moments for his side's failure to beat Burnley after this afternoon's draw.

    Want to know what they were? Well, here you go.

  4. Majestic Yayapublished at 19:54 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2015

    Possession

    I may have mentioned it before but what an individual performance from Yaya Toure. Even the hectic touch graphic above doesn't him do justice. He made 125 passes and had 134 touches over the 90 minutes. Not a bad return.

  5. Postpublished at 19:50 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2015

    Since the beginning of last season Man City have scored 158 PL goals, that's 50 goals more than Man United. FIFTY!

  6. Match of the Day orderpublished at 19:45 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2015

    OrderImage source, Getty Images

    Burnley fans will be happy to see this news... First up on Match of the Day for the Clarets, with Sunderland's goalless draw with West Brom unsurprisingly the last on.

  7. Manager reactionpublished at 19:44 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2015

    John CarverImage source, Reuters

    Newcastle United manager John Carver on BBC Sport: "All the plans you put in place go out of the window in the first minute. We knew they were going to press us but we didn't learn.

    "I have seen sides better than us come here and take a hiding. I don't think it was a lack of effort, we were just out played.

    "We we will have a review on Monday. Rather than go crazy in the dressing room, it is time for thought. I am taking some of the blame for this without a shadow of the doubt. It is about sticking together and making sure we put it right."

  8. Join the debate at #bbcfootballpublished at 19:39 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2015

    Sam Shepherd: , externalSome of the comments on #bbcfootball tonight are absurd. Apparently we're deluded and fickle for wanting to not be a joke of a football club.

    Mohamed Khalaf:, external Well Man city showed Yaya just how much they want him today. He influenced the whole performance.

  9. Postpublished at 19:38 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2015

    A few stats for those of you who like that sort of thing...

    - Manchester City scored three goals in the opening 21 minutes of this game; the second quickest that they have done this in a single PL match (seven mins v Burnley in April 2010).

    - Samir Nasri has now scored in back to back Premier League appearances for the first time at Manchester City.

    - David Silva has scored nine Premier League goals in 2014-15; his best tally in a single Premier League season.

  10. Manager reactionpublished at 19:36 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2015

    Manuel PellegriniImage source, Getty Images

    Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini on BBC Sport:

    "Very pleased because we returned to a scoring team and did not concede goals.

    "If the other teams drop points it is good for us. Of course, we need to continue winning if we want to fight for thwe title and we need Chelsea to drop more points.

    "Four goals were wonderful play and the first goal was good play as well. It is very important to arrive for the Barcelona game having won today."

  11. Text us on 81111published at 19:29 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2015

    Daniel in Newcastle: Pardew's Newcastle team often got hammered away from home by worse teams than city. Give Carver a chance, Pardew had his thrashings.

    Sid the Villain: Newcastle will be either a wounded animal next Saturday OR their confidence will be shattered. Really big game for the Villa.

    Adam from Bradford: When will Newcastle fans learn that the grass is not always greener. Pardew was great for them and they still wanted him out. They've now got what they asked for!

  12. Join the debate at #bbcfootballpublished at 19:29 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2015

    Alexandre Tynemouth:, external If we lose to villa next weekend we could probably consider ourselves in a relegation scrap.

    Luke:, external The shambles at Newcastle could not happen to a nicer club. Back to where they belong, awful football and set-up.

    Tom Audsley:, external Newcastle fans are fickle and deluded.

  13. Postpublished at 19:29 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2015

    Premier League table

    A quick look at the top of the Premier League table. shows the race for the title is very much back on.

  14. Postpublished at 19:27 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2015

    BBC Radio Manchester

    Former Manchester City striker Shaun Goater: "The pressure is always on the leaders because everyone is trying to chase them down. The two points City have gained today will give everyone confidence and Manuel Pellegrini is right, this title race is not over

    "We are back to the form old from last season, lots of great intricate passing and we were clinical in front of goal, a five star performance for City today."

  15. Postpublished at 19:26 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2015

    Stats

    I'm not sure things could have been much easier for Manchester City this evening. Pure domination.

  16. Player reactionpublished at 19:24 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2015

    Edin Dzeko talking to Sky Sports: "It is good we played an amazing game, knowing we have a big game against Barca. The defence enjoyed this game and I did too. We were just thinking about Newcastle, also knowing Chelsea drew, we had to do our job and we did it well.

    "Just before going out on the pitch, we found about Chelsea's result. It was positive and good for us knowing we can reduce the points to them. Maybe five points is still a lot but if we can continue to play like that we can definitely catch them.

    "I don't see Wilfried Bony as competition. He is very welcome , he scores many goals and will bring something much more to our team."