Both City and the Premier League claimed a victory after October’s initial ruling that found three aspects of the APTs were unlawful, most notably around the deliberate exclusion of shareholder loans, which is when a club borrows money from its ownership group, usually interest-free.

Manchester City have no time to dwell on their heartbreaking 2–3 defeat to Real Madrid because they must now prepare to face Newcastle United.

Omar Marmoush scored his first Manchester City goals with a first-half hat-trick to beat Newcastle 4-0 and fire Pep Guardiola's men back into the Premier League's top four on Saturday. That goal continued City's run of scoring in their last 33 Premier League games against the Magpies.