Manchester Metropolis 4-0 Newcastle United: Speedy Marmoush hat-trick conjures up rout

Omar Marmoush plundered a surprising first-half hat-trick as Manchester Metropolis thumped Newcastle United 4-0 within the Premier League.

Marmoush, a big-money signing from Eintracht Frankfurt in January, opened his Metropolis account in sensational model, scoring thrice within the house of 14 minutes on the Etihad Stadium.

Metropolis misplaced 5-1 to Arsenal of their final top-flight outing and got here into Saturday’s conflict on the again of a dramatic Champions League defeat to Actual Madrid, however Pep Guardiola’s workforce returned to kind in emphatic trend.

Marmoush opened the floodgates within the nineteenth minute when he lobbed Martin Dubravka after latching onto Ederson’s very good move – the Brazilian now has the outright most assists of any goalkeeper in Premier League historical past (six), whereas he has additionally grow to be the primary shot-stopper to supply three assists in a single marketing campaign.

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The Egyptian doubled up when he drilled in through a deflection off Kieran Trippier 5 minutes later, earlier than rounding out his hat-trick with a composed, first-time end from Savinho’s cutback.

Lewis Milley had Newcastle’s finest try of a low-key second half, earlier than James McAtee rounded off Metropolis’s rout when he hooked in from a nook within the 84th minute.

Erling Haaland went down clutching his knee late on to trigger some stress for Guardiola, although the striker seemed to be okay as he made his technique to the bench.

Metropolis face Actual Madrid within the second leg of their Champions League play-off on Wednesday, earlier than taking over Liverpool in a blockbuster Premier League conflict subsequent weekend.

Information Debrief: Marmoush makes his mark

Marmoush led the Bundesliga for objective contributions (24 – 15 objectives, 19 assists) this season previous to his swap to Metropolis, and he displayed that degree of efficiency in a fairly sensational first half.

Not solely did Marmoush grow to be the second participant whose first three Premier League objectives for Metropolis got here as a hat-trick, after Paulo Wanchope towards Sunderland in August 2000, however his hat-trick was the fourth-fastest – by way of time between the primary and third objectives – one of many membership’s gamers has scored within the competitors.

With simply 33 minutes on the clock when Marmoush netted his third objective, it’s the second-earliest a Metropolis participant has netted a Premier League hat-trick, after Kevin De Bruyne towards Wolves in Might 2022 (twenty fourth minute).

Newcastle have now misplaced their final 16 Premier League away video games at Metropolis, and suffered their largest top-flight defeat since Might 2022, once they misplaced 5-0 on the Etihad Stadium.