Jamaal Lascelles felt that Newcastle United at least showed they were prepared to go "toe to toe" with the Premier League champions Manchester City.
Lascelles came in from the cold for his first start since the 2-1 defeat away to Liverpool way back in August and the centre-back did well enough against Erling Haaland with the man who has scored 33 goals this season in all competitions unable to add to his tally. Lascelles set the tone against the Norway ace with a strong early challenge but could not stop a 2-0 defeat.
Looking back on the game, the Newcastle defender said: "We made it difficult. On a different day, you don't know. We had chances to be fair.
