Newcastle vs Manchester City - LIVE! Anita rescues point after Aguero's headed opener at St James' Park
Follow the latest events from tonight's only Premier League game
Welcome to our live coverage of tonight's Premier League meeting between Newcastle and Manchester City.
- Match ends 1-1, Vurnon Anita and Sergio Aguero the scorers
- Aguero headed opener for his 100th Premier League goal
- Anita equalised after half an hour with first goal in two years
- Newcastle remain in relegation zone, two points from safety
- Manchester City move point clear of Arsenal in third
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Newcastle will be more than aware of the threat of Sergio Aguero tonight as they seek to move out of the relegation zone. As well as Saturday's hat-trick at Chelsea, the Argentine scored five in the reverse meeting at the Etihad back in October and has scored 10 career goals against the Toon.
11 MIN: NEW 0-0 MNC Remains an open game at Newcastle - Townsend enjoying success for the hosts down the right hand side, while Pablo Zabaleta almost found a way through for Man City
15 MIN: NEW 0-1 MNC: GOAL! Aguero gets his 100th Premier League goal to put the visitors in the lead!
15 MIN: NEW 0-1 MNC: The Argentine forward heads home Aleksandar Kolarov's free-kick, the goal allowed to stand despite the forward starting the move in an offside position. 11 goals against Newcastle for Aguero now..
67 min: NEW 1-1 MNC Kompany is shown a yellow card by Kevin Friend after blocking off Sissoko. Free-kick on the left for Newcastle.
68 min: NEW 1-1 MNC Raheem Sterling takes the place of Fabian Delph as Manchester City seek to regain the lead.
74 min: NEW 1-1 MNC Toure is sacrificed in the latest midfield switch for City - Fernandinho replacing the Ivorian with 15 minutes remaining
80 min: NEW 1-1 MNC City have been dictating proceedings in the past few minutes and look likelier to gain a winner - that would be a shame for a Newcastle side who have put in a decent shift tonight. Andros Townsend, one of their better performers, is applauded off, Georginio Wijnaldum jogging on for the final 10 minutes.
Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez praised his teams determination. "Against a team like Man City, to do what we have done from 1-0 down, the reaction of the team, you have to be pleased," he admitted. "I haven't seen the replay of Aguero's goal but they tell me he was offside. You can not change anything. I think they should get it right but we cannot change it. That's it."
The Spaniard remained positive of his side's chances of avoiding relegation. "The team has more belief now, the fans are behind the players and they will fight to the end. Today was an example. Vurnon Anita is very clever, he knows when he has to go forward. The players are doing what they have to do, they are playing with passion, with the commitment the fans expect."
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