When Bernardo Silva drew his team level, the away supporters in the gods suggested that was why their team are champions.
And they are spot-on. Make no mistake, this was two points dropped by Pep Guardiola’s team, this was an early-season bump in the road, this was a game they should have won. But at several points in this wonderfully exhilarating match, they were rattled, they were bemused, they were being run ragged by Allan Saint-Maximin, they were being challenged in a way they are rarely challenged by anyone outside the established elite but they recovered.
In the end, Newcastle were grateful for a point, happy to survive Manchester City’s attacking relentlessness, pleased that a red card for Kieran Trippier - after City had equalised - was controversially changed to a yellow.
