We were desperate to avoid the "Just a moment Bishop, we'll sing O Come All Ye Faithful in a minute butfirstly the faithful at Deepdale would like to hear how North End has gone one up!"
For the remainder of the half, the industrious Newcastle were the better side but the chances fell to City, with Gareth Barry wasting the best of them when he was found in space on the right butfirstly delayed his cross before eventually allowing Newcastle to block his poorly directed attempt.