Pardew apologises after Man City C-bomb rant at Pellegrini

Newcastle manager goes cuckoo as Magpies have a goal controversially ruled out for offside

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Newcastle United 0 Manchester City 2. Goals from Edin Dzeko and Alvaro Negredo took City to the top of the Premier League after a feisty encounter at St James' Park that will be best remembered for an astonishing loss of control from Alan Pardew.

The Magpies boss went cuckoo after referee Mike Jones disallowed a Cheick Tiote strike in the first half. Tiote's teammate Yoan Gouffran, who was in an offside position, was ruled to have blocked the vision of City keeper Joe Hart as Tiote's thunderbolt flew into the net and the goal was ruled out after a conflab between Jones and his assistant Stephen Child.

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.