The champion soon turned the score around, thanks to goals from Portuguese Joao Cancelo (39) and Ferran Torres (42).
Just before the break, the ‘Urracas’ balanced the game again, thanks to a penalty transformed by Brazilian Joelinton (45 + 6).
At the time of the game, City right back Kyle Walker committed a penalty on Joe Willock, who was in charge of launching it and who scored in two halves, after a first stop by Carson (62).
The joy was short for Newcastle, as Ferrán Torres equaled three in 64. And finally gave the victory to the ‘Sky Blues’, when a shot from far from Cancelo hit the post and the Spanish player then took advantage of sign the final 4 to 3, in minute 66.
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In the standings, Manchester City, which is already thinking about preparing for the Champions League final against Chelsea (May 29 in Porto), reaches 83 points.
Newcastle remain sixteenth, but are saved as Fulham, West Bromwich and Sheffield United, the last three, are already condemned to relegation to the Championship (2nd division).
Matchday 36 continues on Saturday and West Ham (6th) will try to win in Brighton (17th) to rush their chances of qualifying for the next Champions League, an honor reserved for the ‘Top 4’ teams.
Liverpool (5th), who visit West Bromwich (19th) on Sunday, are also pursuing the same goal.
The last place in the Champions zone is occupied by Chelsea (4th, with four points over Liverpool and six ahead of West Ham).
Chelsea lost 1-0 to Arsenal (9th) on Wednesday in their match on matchday 36, which they brought forward a few days because this Saturday they have another important appointment, the final of the English Cup against Leicester.
– Results of the 36th day of the Premier League:
– Tuesday:
Manchester United – Leicester 1 – 2
– Wednesday:
Chelsea – Arsenal 0 – 1
– Friday:
Newcastle – Manchester City 3 – 4
– Saturday:
(11h30 GMT) Burnley – Leeds
(14h00 GMT) Southampton – Fulham
(19h00 GMT) Brighton – West Ham
– Sunday:
(11h00 GMT) Crystal Palace – Aston Villa
(13h05 GMT) Tottenham – Wolverhampton
(15h30 GMT) West Bromwich – Liverpool
(18h00 GMT) Everton – Sheffield United
Classification: Pts JGEP GF GC Diff
1. Manchester City 83 36 26 5 5 76 29 47
2. Manchester United 70 36 20 10 6 70 42 28
3. Leicester 66 36 20 6 10 65 44 21
4. Chelsea 64 36 18 10 8 55 33 22
5. Liverpool 60 35 17 9 9 61 41 20
6. West Ham 58 35 17 7 11 55 45 10
7. Tottenham 56 35 16 8 11 61 41 20
8. Everton 56 35 16 8 11 46 42 4
9. Arsenal 55 36 16 7 13 50 38 12
10. Leeds 50 35 15 5 15 53 53 0
11. Aston Villa 49 35 14 7 14 49 41 8
12. Wolverhampton 45 35 12 9 14 35 47 -12
13. Crystal Palace 41 35 11 8 16 37 59 -22
14. Southampton 40 35 11 7 17 44 62 -18
15. Burnley 39 35 10 9 16 33 47 -14
16. Newcastle 39 36 10 9 17 43 62 -19
17. Brighton 37 35 8 13 14 36 41 -5
18. Fulham 27 35 5 12 18 25 47 -22
19. West Bromwich 26 35 5 11 19 32 68 -36
20. Sheffield United 17 35 5 2 28 18 62 -44
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