Newcastle owner's reaction, away end show Man City up and double bonus before Arsenal - 5 things

Newcastle United suffered a 5-0 defeat against Man City as the Magpies were given a fresh reminder of how far they have to go to close the gap on the elite.

Raheem Sterling opened the scoring in the 19th minute before Aymeric Laporte doubled his side's advantage shortly before half-time. Further goals from Rodri, substitute Phil Foden and Sterling made it a comfortable afternoon for Pep Guardiola's side.

Here are five things we learned from the game.

The odds were firmly stacked against Newcastle. Not only were the visitors facing a wounded animal, after City's devastating Champions League exit midweek, but Newcastle had never even won a top-flight fixture at the Etihad. This has not been a happy hunting ground for Eddie Howe, either, who had the longest 100% losing record a manager has recorded against a single opponent, Man City, and indeed a single manager, Pep Guardiola, in Premier League history.

However, just like in the reverse fixture, last December, Newcastle made it too easy and Howe's side were the architects of their own downfall with some soft defending at the back. City had already come close to breaking the deadlock through Aymeric Laporte and Joao Cancelo in the opening stages when Guardiola's side eventually took the lead in the 18th minute. Ilkay Gundogan was free to send a lofted pass to the back post and Cancelo easily lost Saint-Maximin to head the ball across goal. There was Raheem Sterling to nod it in.

Newcastle's defending for City's second, in the 38th minute, was not much better. Again no one was picking up Gundogan as the midfielder met Cancelo's corner on the volley and Dubravka spilled the Germany international's effort into the path of Ruben Dias. Although Dubravka recovered to deny Dias,