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TEMPERS boiled over after Newcastle beat Manchester City – with Pep Guardiola hitting out at Bruno Guimaraes, the referee and a CAMERAMAN.

Joelinton had to be dragged away from Gianluigi Donnarumma in the chaos that followed a brilliant 2-1 win for the Toon.

Eddie Howe got a win over Guardiola for the first time thanks to a Harvey Barnes double.

The ex-Leicester winger – who this week opened the door to switching allegiance to Scotland – could have had more but squandered a glorious chance at 0-0.

Ruben Dias equalised in between Barnes’ two strikes within six minutes midway throught the second half.

But when the full-time whistle sounded after eight minutes of injury time, the Magpies were in the mood to party.

City, though, were furious as they dropped another three points in the title race.

And their frustrations were clear to see as players and coaches clashed.

As the teams went through the customary handshakes, things flared between Joelinton and Donnarumma.

Both men had to be led away by their respective camps to diffuse the argument – although it is unclear what triggered the frustrations.

Donnarumma, though, was left angry that the referee did not give a foul on him in the build-up to Barnes’ winner when the forward nudged him as the corner came in.

Guardiola was then spotted seemingly having tense words with Guimaraes.

The Spaniard then confronted ref Samuel Barrott, who turned down several penalty appeals for the Citizens.

And he even pushed away a TV camera and pulled off the operator’s headphones to speak into his ear.

But when pressed on the scenes on the pitch at the end, Guardiola played it down.

He said: “I said how good he is in the situation with Gigi, what happened and the previous situations. Everything is fine.”

Howe, meanwhile, admitted he didn’t have a clue why it kicked off. The Newcastle boss added: “I’ve got no idea, maybe someone can tell me.”

Meanwhile, Guardiola declined to blame the officials.

“It is what it is after VAR decided. They know perfectly,” Guardiola told the BBC, adding that he had “no questions” despite talking to the referee after the final whistle.

The opening 45 minutes saw both sides miss plenty of opportunities and all the goals came between the 63rd and 70th minutes as Newcastle’s Harvey Barnes struck twice either side of a Ruben Dias equaliser for City.

“Both keepers were good and after we missed chances,” Guardiola said. “It was an entertaining game with many chances, we were closer in the beginning.”

The defeat denied City the opportunity to close the gap on Arsenal, who top the table on 26 points, with City now third on 22 points having played one game more. Newcastle is a top side, top players, top manager so unfortunately tonight we could not make the momentum that we had,” Guardiola said.

“It was an entertaining game, we both had chances and then there was a momentum shift, and ultimately we couldn’t win.”

For 14th-placed Newcastle’s goal-scorer Barnes, a rare win over City was just what the club needed after a slow start to the season.

“Hopefully after today’s result we can kick on and go on a good run,” he told the BBC.