Ruben Dias admits Newcastle United the better team and deserved to win | OneFootball

Ruben Dias has reflected on Manchester City losing to Newcastle United.

The Man City defender admitting that United fully deserved their victory.

Ruben Dias accepting that Eddie Howe’s side were the better team.

Two Harvey Barnes goals won a very open and exciting match, a game where the visitors had their chances but Newcastle United had considerably more and better clear chances.

Having lost only one of their last 14 matches before coming to St James’ Park, Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City players struggled to cope with the deserved defeat.

Ruben Dias no different, as he went to embarrassing lengths complaining about the winning goal, when giant goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma had complained about minimal contact from Harvey Barnes on him when the original corner came in. However, the ball was cleared from that corner and there were at least five Newcastle United players who then touched the ball before it ended up in the net.

“Out of all the decisions, only the second goal, I think we need to make it make sense.

“Because where’s the sense in their player pushing our goalkeeper outside the goal? What are we allowing and for how long?

“Sometimes you allow it, sometimes you don’t. Where’s the rule? What can you actually do?

“The second goal, Gigio is in his place, he’s being pushed out. And there’s no consequence. It’s allowed. I had the chance to see it back, I didn’t even realise it on the pitch.

“I found it weird that he was out of position, so we immediately knew something was wrong.

“But I managed to see the review and it’s Barnes pushing him away from the goal.

“We’re so picky with certain contacts, but one like this with the keeper, you allow it? It is what it is. If that’s the rule, fine. But let us do the same.

“Back in the day, this was a foul. Now apparently it’s allowed.

“People are going to say I’m finding excuses but it’s nothing like it.

“Today Newcastle were better and they deserved the win. Because of that, they were allowed to score more chances than us. In terms of the rule, there needs to be a rule.”

My thoughts

When you think of all the poor decisions that have gone against Newcastle United, when playing Manchester City, it is laughable that this minimal contact from Barnes on their canny big keeper, which came long before the actual goal, is something Man City are trying to make such a fuss over.

Just off the top of my head, you had the outrageous disallowing of Cheick Tiote’s thunderbolt against this lot whilst in Eddie Howe’s first NUFC game against Manchester City, what about that no penalty decision when Ederson cleared out Ryan Fraser in the penalty area???

If Newcastle United did get any luck or fine margins on Saturday, well, they have been a long time coming against Manchester City!

The truth is of course, what really hurts Pep Guardiola and his players, is that not only did United win on Saturday, NUFC were also comfortably the better and more threatening team.