Man City 2-0 Newcastle
by Harry de Cosemo
at City of Manchester Stadium

WHEN Manchester City face Newcastle United, it can be tempting to create a narrative about the two richest clubs in England locking horns.

Too often, though, one state-owned club teaches the other how far they’ve got to go, and that was the case again as Bernardo Silva’s first half double booked yet another Wembley FA Cup semi-final appearance.

City’s Abu Dhabi project is 13 years senior to Newcastle’s under the stewardship of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, and that gulf in time, money and effort told again.