Omar Marmoush plundered a beautiful hat trick in the first half when Manchester City Newcastle United hit the Premier League 4-0.
Marmoush, a big money signed in January from Eintracht Frankfurt, opened his city account in sensational style and scored three times in the 14 -minute space in the Etihad Stadium.
City lost 5-1 to Arsenal in their last top flight outing and came to the back of a dramatic defeat of Champions League against Real Madrid on the back of Saturday, but the Pep Guardiola team returned to form an emphatic way.
Marmoush opened the locks in the 19th minute when he lobed Martin Dubravka after holding the excellent pass of Ederson-De Brazilian now has the most assists of every goalkeeper in the Premier League history (six), while he also the first Schotstopper has become care for three assists in one campaign.
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The Egyptian doubled when he came in five minutes later via a deflection of Kieran Trippier, before he completed his hat trick with a composed, first finish of Savinho's cutbacks.
Lewis Milley had the best attempt by Newcastle on a second half with a restrained second half, before James McATee ended the city of the city when he hooked from a corner in the 84th minute.
Erling Haaland went down to let his knee clash to cause some stress for Guardiola, although the striker seemed to be in order when he went to the bank.
Real Madrid faces the second stage of their Champions League play-off on Wednesday, before he compiles Liverpool in a blockbuster Premier League collision next weekend.
Data Debrief: Marmoush makes his stamp
Marmoush led the Bundesliga for target contributions (24 – 15 goals, 19 assists) this season prior to his switch to the city, and he showed that performance level in a fairly sensational first half.
Marmoush was not only the second player whose first three Premier League goals for City came as a hat trick, after Paulo Wantchope against Sunderland was against Sunderland in August 2000, but his hat trick was the fourth fastest-in terms of time between the first and thirds Goals – One of the club players scored in the competition.
With just 33 minutes on the clock when Marmoush yielded his third goal, it is the Na-studiest that a city player has scored a Premier League-Hattrick, after Kevin De Bruyne against Wolves in May 2022 (24th minute).
Newcastle has now lost their last 16 Premier League matches in City and suffered their greatest defeat from the top flight since May 2022, when they lost 5-0 in the Etihad Stadium.
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