Anthony Gordon saved a point for Newcastle by levelling terms with Manchester City from a penalty kick in the second-half of their Premier League fixture.
The England international, who revealed before kick-off that he was close to agreeing an improved deal, made no mistake from 12 yards after being brought down by keeper Ederson to cancel out Josko Gvardiol’s first-half opener and ensure it ended 1-1 in front of a crowd of 52,248 at St James’ Park.
City began life without injured midfielder Rodri in confident fashion, but for the second time in a week, had to settle for a point despite taking the lead.
With Mateo Kovacic plugging the sizeable gap left by the Spain midfielder, City set out in determined fashion with Manuel Akanji seeing a fifth-minute shot d…