How do you recover from a thunderous knock-out blow in a winner-takes-all showdown between two top heavyweights? Unless you are Tyson Fury who unbelievably rose from the dead against all odds in his first epic battle with Deontay Wilder of course.
Yet Manchester City, the strutting kings once from the main road, must do that against Newcastle after the heartache of Champions League defeat snatched from the jaws of glorious victory in Real Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium. Where once we had Ali's rope-a-dope here Ancelotti's rope trick throttled City.
Now a Pep talk like no other is required if City are to win the one remaining bauble available to them this season. To do that they MUST beat Newcastle come tea time on the Sabbath. No other result will suffice. A draw is no good. Three points are vital. United hold City's fading aspirations in their hands. They have to rip them out of our grasp or the unthinkable will occur. Man City will end the season with nothing!
