Carlos Tevez fired Manchester City back into the Barclays Premier League title race as his side killed off a spirited Newcastle fightback.
The Argentinian, whose differences with the club have been resolved, put the Magpies to the sword in a blistering opening to the game, setting up Gareth Barry's opener with just 72 seconds gone and then helping himself to a second in the fifth-minute.
Then after Andy Carroll had dragged Alan Pardew's men back into the game with a 72nd-minute header, his 11th goal of the season, Tevez ended Newcastle's hopes when his 81st-minute effort ended up in the back of the net with the help of two deflections.
The result was the perfect antidote to Monday's night's 2-1 defeat at Everton, although City were made to fight all the way by a Magpies side which, having seemingly thrown the points away barely before they had broken sweat, threatened to emerge with something to show for their efforts in front of a crowd of 51,635.
By contrast, the Magpies were left to reflect on a fourth home league defeat of the season and looking anxiously over their shoulders ahead of Tuesday's difficult trip to Tottenham.
Despite having tasted victory over Liverpool in his only game to date at the helm, Pardew went into this afternoon's encounter knowing the degree of difficulty to be significantly higher, and a cursory glance at the team-sheet would have illustrated the gulf between a club which is now being run on a strict budget and the richest in world football.
Opposite number Roberto Mancini was even able to leave £24million signing Mario Balotelli sitting on the bench after serving the 20-year-old with a reminder as to what is expected of him.
But where Newcastle could not compete in terms of quality, they would have backed themselves to do so when it came to passion and honest endeavour.
In the event, their game plan was torn up inside five disastrous minutes when they twice pushed the self-destruct button to hand the advantage to the visitors.
Keeper Tim Krul has proved an able deputy for Steve Harper during his spell on the sidelines with a shoulder injury, but his ill-judged second-minute pass to Joey Barton handed the midfielder's former club the perfect opportunity to get their noses in front.
Tevez anticipated well to steal possession and slide a pass into the run of Barry, who dispatched it past Krul into the bottom corner.
Worse was to follow barely three minutes later when the Argentinian picked out former Magpie James Milner on the right and then found space between central defenders Fabricio Coloccini and Steven Taylor to meet his cross and guide it expertly into the top corner.
Tevez was simply too hot to handle as he repeatedly dropped deep to find space before running at the heart of the home defence as they back-pedalled in sheer terror.
However, lone striker Carroll perhaps should have dragged Newcastle back into the game when he headed a sixth-minute Wayne Routledge cross straight at keeper Joe Hart, and having survived further damage, Pardew's men started to work their way back into the game.
Carroll proved a major handful for central defenders Vincent Kompany and Joleon Lescott, and Hart had to collect his 31st-minute looping header and was then grateful to see his diving injury-time effort fly wide.
But in the meantime, full-back Aleksandar Kolarov had blasted two long-range efforts just over to remind the home side of City's potency from all areas.
Carroll sent an acrobatic 59th-minute volley wide from Jonas Gutierrez's cross, and Pardew made his move seconds later when he sent on striker Nile Ranger for Routledge and adopted a 4-4-2 formation.
City were content to try to hit the Magpies on the break and Yaya Toure embarked upon an enterprising 63-minute run which was only ended by Coloccini's desperate challenge deep inside his own penalty area.
Gutierrez sent a looping header across the face of goal six minutes later, but Newcastle got their break three minutes later when Carroll powered home a header from Barton's crooner.
Hart protested with some justification that he had been blocked by Kevin Nolan, and was booked for his pains as the home fans settled in for a grandstand finish.
With Barton and Cheik Tiote snapping at heels and Carroll in menacing form, the Magpies looked the more likely scorers, but their hopes were dashed in unfortunate fashion with nine minutes remaining.
Jose Enrique and Coloccini looked to have got back to close down Tevez, but his shot deflected off both of them to wrong-foot Krul and creep inside the post.
There was still time for substitute Balotelli to be booked for a foul on Tiote, but that was off little consequence to the home side.
TOON v CITY - HISTORY 2011/2012 Sat 19 Nov Man. City 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League 2010/2011 Sun 26 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Man. City Premier League Sun 03 Oct Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League 2008/2009 Wed 28 Jan Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League Mon 20 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. City Premier League 2007/2008 Wed 02 Jan Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Man. City Premier League Sat 29 Sep Man. City 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League 2006/2007 Sat 31 Mar Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. City Premiership Sat 11 Nov Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership 2005/2006 Wed 01 Feb Man. City 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership Sat 24 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City Premiership 2004/2005 Wed 02 Feb Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership Sun 24 Oct Newcastle Utd. 4 - 3 Man. City Premiership 2003/2004 Sat 01 May Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership Sat 22 Nov Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Man. City Premiership 2002/2003 Sat 18 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City Premiership Sat 24 Aug Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership 2001/2002 Sun 17 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City F.A. Cup 2000/2001 Sat 24 Feb Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. City Premiership Sat 30 Sep Man. City 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership 1995/1996 Sat 24 Feb Man. City 3 - 3 Newcastle Utd. Premiership Sat 16 Sep Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City Premiership 1994/1995 Sat 29 Apr Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership Sun 19 Feb Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City F.A. Cup Mon 02 Jan Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. City Premiership Wed 21 Dec Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Man. City League Cup Wed 30 Nov Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. League Cup 1993/1994 Sat 09 Apr Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership Sat 01 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City Premiership 1986/1987 Sat 21 Mar Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 11 Oct Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City First Division 1985/1986 Sat 26 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City First Division Sat 23 Nov Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1983/1984 Sat 18 Feb Man. City 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division Sat 29 Oct Newcastle Utd. 5 - 0 Man. City Second Division 1977/1978 Wed 29 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. City First Division Mon 26 Dec Man. City 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1976/1977 Wed 16 Feb Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. City First Division Sat 29 Jan Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Man. City F.A. Cup Sat 06 Nov Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1975/1976 Wed 14 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. City First Division Sat 28 Feb Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. League Cup played at Wembley Sat 30 Aug Man. City 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1974/1975 Sat 18 Jan Man. City 5 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 04 Jan Man. City 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup Sat 30 Nov Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. City First Division 1973/1974 Wed 27 Mar Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 13 Oct Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City First Division 1972/1973 Wed 18 Apr Man. City 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 23 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. City First Division 1971/1972 Sat 25 Mar Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. City First Division Sat 11 Sep Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1970/1971 Mon 12 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. City First Division Sat 03 Oct Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1969/1970 Wed 08 Oct Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 16 Aug Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City First Division 1968/1969 Mon 05 May Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division Wed 29 Jan Man. City 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup Sat 25 Jan Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. City F.A. Cup Sat 16 Nov Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City First Division 1967/1968 Sat 11 May Newcastle Utd. 3 - 4 Man. City First Division Wed 06 Sep Man. City 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1966/1967 Sat 05 Nov Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 15 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division 1964/1965 Sat 24 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. City Second Division Wed 14 Oct Man. City 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division 1963/1964 Sat 04 Apr Man. City 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division Sat 23 Nov Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City Second Division 1960/1961 Sat 21 Jan Man. City 3 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 10 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Man. City First Division 1959/1960 Sat 30 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. City First Division Sat 28 Nov Man. City 3 - 4 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1958/1959 Sat 14 Mar Man. City 5 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 25 Oct Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Man. City First Division 1957/1958 Mon 14 Apr Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Man. City First Division Mon 07 Apr Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1956/1957 Sat 02 Mar Man. City 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division Wed 09 Jan Man. City 4 - 5 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup after extra time, 90 minutes ?-? Sat 05 Jan Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Man. City F.A. Cup Sat 20 Oct Newcastle Utd. 0 - 3 Man. City First Division 1955/1956 Sat 07 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City First Division Sat 26 Nov Man. City 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1954/1955 Sat 07 May Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City F.A. Cup played at Wembley Mon 27 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division Sat 25 Dec Man. City 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1953/1954 Sat 03 Apr Newcastle Utd. 4 - 3 Man. City First Division Sat 14 Nov Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1952/1953 Sat 14 Feb Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 27 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division 1951/1952 Sat 12 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City First Division Sat 24 Nov Man. City 2 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1949/1950 Sat 21 Jan Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 17 Sep Newcastle Utd. 4 - 2 Man. City First Division 1948/1949 Sat 19 Feb Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 25 Sep Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. City First Division 1946/1947 Sat 03 May Man. City 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division Sat 26 Oct Newcastle Utd. 3 - 2 Man. City Second Division 1938/1939 Sat 08 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Man. City Second Division Sat 03 Dec Man. City 4 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division 1933/1934 Wed 21 Mar Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 07 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. City First Division 1932/1933 Sat 01 Apr Man. City 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 19 Nov Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division 1931/1932 Sat 05 Mar Man. City 5 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 24 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. City First Division 1930/1931 Sat 11 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. City First Division Sat 06 Dec Man. City 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1929/1930 Sat 22 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. City First Division Sat 16 Nov Man. City 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1928/1929 Sat 23 Mar Newcastle Utd. 4 - 0 Man. City First Division Sat 10 Nov Man. City 2 - 4 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1925/1926 Sat 01 May Newcastle Utd. 3 - 2 Man. City First Division Sat 19 Dec Man. City 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1924/1925 Sat 24 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division Sat 20 Sep Man. City 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1923/1924 Sat 29 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City F.A. Cup played at Birmingham Sat 10 Nov Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Man. City First Division Sat 03 Nov Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1922/1923 Sat 05 May Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Man. City First Division Sat 28 Apr Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1921/1922 Sat 06 May Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 29 Apr Newcastle Utd. 5 - 1 Man. City First Division 1920/1921 Sat 07 May Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Man. City First Division Mon 02 May Man. City 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1919/1920 Sat 24 Apr Man. City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 17 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Man. City First Division 1914/1915 Sat 13 Feb Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. City First Division Sat 10 Oct Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1913/1914 Mon 13 Apr Man. City 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division Thu 01 Jan Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. City First Division 1912/1913 Sat 15 Feb Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Man. City First Division Sat 12 Oct Man. City 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1911/1912 Sat 27 Jan Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 23 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City First Division 1910/1911 Sat 29 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 3 Man. City First Division Sat 24 Dec Man. City 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1908/1909 Sat 27 Feb Man. City 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 24 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division 1907/1908 Sat 15 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Man. City First Division Sat 19 Oct Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1906/1907 Sat 16 Feb Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 13 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division 1905/1906 Tue 26 Dec Man. City 1 - 4 Newcastle Utd. First Division Wed 06 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Man. City First Division 1904/1905 Sat 28 Jan Man. City 3 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 01 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City First Division 1903/1904 Fri 01 Apr Man. City 1 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 10 Oct Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Man. City First Division 1901/1902 Sat 08 Mar Man. City 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 09 Nov Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Man. City First Division 1900/1901 Sat 20 Apr Man. City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division Sat 15 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Man. City First Division 1899/1900 Fri 13 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Man. City First Division Sat 14 Oct Man. City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division 1897/1898 Wed 16 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Man. City Second Division Sat 08 Jan Man. City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division 1896/1897 Sat 06 Feb Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Man. City Second Division Sat 17 Oct Man. City 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division 1895/1896 Sat 21 Mar Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Man. City Second Division Sat 04 Jan Man. City 5 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division 1894/1895 Sat 09 Feb Man. City 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division Sat 27 Oct Newcastle Utd. 5 - 4 Man. City Second Division 1893/1894 Sat 06 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Ardwick Second Division Sat 21 Oct Ardwick 2 - 3 Newcastle Utd. Second DivisionSource: FOOTYMAD
