Newcastle United welcome league leaders Manchester City at the St James stadium on Saturday on what will be the first English Premier League game of the weekend. With 6 games played, Eddie Howe's Newcastle are just three points behind Manchester City who occupies the first position. So my question now is do you think Manchester City will easily get all three points at Newcastle or do you expect the home team to get a good result against the reigning champions?
Manchester City's dominance will still be maintained in this match but looking at the situation now I think Pep needs to find a new playmaker who must have a pattern that is at least slightly similar to KDB or Rodri.
Manchester City's situation in the attack pattern and the scheme carried out will definitely remain the same where they will definitely remain capable of dominance problems. It's just that the absence of Rodri and KDB in their squad will clearly have a slight impact on the flow of the ball which could make Haaland a little short in the problem of supplying the ball received.
Although it cannot be denied that there are some players who can be expected such as Kovavic or Gundogan, I think this is still not enough if Manchester City want to win comfortably, Pep must look for other alternatives because even though they are favorites in this match, Newcastle could surprise later.