Bernardo Silva believes Manchester City lost their composure going forward and didn't do enough to contain Newcastle United's threat in the breathtaking match-up at St James' Park.

City's perfect start to their Premier League title defence screeched to a halt on Sunday when a relentless Newcastle rocked the Blues and held them to a 3-3 draw, though it could have been a lot worse.

It looked like business as usual when Ilkay Gundogan opened the scoring after just five minutes but the Magpies were undeterred.

The excellent Allan Saint-Maximin ran City ragged and it was no surprise when he played a key part in Miguel Almiron's equaliser and set up Callum Wilson for the second in a remarkable spell of football in which they could have scored even more, something Bernardo believes could well have happened. Also read: Man City player ratings as De Bruyne bails out defence "It was a very intense game.

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