Match of The Day commentator Jonathan Pearce previews Man City v Newcastle…it isn’t pretty.

Mark Lawrenson “I don’t think Rafa Benitez will be studying the DVD of that match too much. He probably didn’t even watch it.”

Paul Merson “They’re a bit downbeat at Newcastle at the moment; the takeover failing, they needed to beat Swansea but didn’t…”

Manchester City v Newcastle United – Amazingly seats still on sale around the Etihad only two days before the game.

There is now an 18 day gap in the fixtures schedule after the Newcastle match against Manchester City was postponed.

Paul Simpson claims Newcastle went into the game at Manchester City with 2 attacking central midfield players, Vurnon Anita & Yoan Gouffran.

Alan Shearer saying he would have loved to watch Sergio Aguero’s five goals IF it had been against anybody but Newcastle United…

Alan Shearer: “It doesn’t hurt enough…it can’t be accepted, that this mentality, losing mentality, is ok in this football club.”

The Match of The Day running order for this Saturday night has been announced, including Manchester City v Newcastle United.

Steve McClaren thought that the 6-1 scoreline was harsh and claimed a lot of encouraging things to take from the game…