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title: "Manchester City: Fans hail Joāo Cancelo’s display v Newcastle in 100th City appearance"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Will Seager"
section: "Manchester City Football Club"
published: "2021-12-20T16:05:17Z"
modified: "2021-12-20T16:05:17Z"
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# Manchester City: Fans hail Joāo Cancelo’s display v Newcastle in 100th City appearance

**Joāo Cancelo produced a [man of the match display](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/newcastle-united-v-manchester-city-match-report-19-dec-63775518) as Manchester City destroyed Newcastle United 4-0 at St James’ Park on Sunday.**

City secured the [Christmas number one spot](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/newcastle-united-v-manchester-city-match-report-19-dec-63775518) as two goals in each half pushed Pep Guardiola’s men three points clear at the top of the Premier League table. This was City’s [34th league victory](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/newcastle-united-v-manchester-city-match-report-19-dec-63775518) in 2021, a new Premier League record, adding another achievement to the club’s impressive recent history.

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Cancelo put on an incredible display on Tyneside, producing a goal and an assist, which saw him receive an [8.5 SofaScore rating](https://www.sofascore.com/newcastle-united-manchester-city/rO). The Portuguese full-back has been in electric form this season, having [averaged the highest rating (7.46)](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/167/Show/England-Manchester-City) out of any City player in the Premier League during the current campaign.

However, it wasn’t just this emphatic performance which made the occasion special, as Cancelo was playing his [100th game for the club](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joao-cancelo/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/182712/verein/281) since arriving at the Etihad Stadium from Juventus for a [fee of £58.5m](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joao-cancelo/profil/spieler/182712) in the summer of 2019.

### These Man City fans praise Cancelo’s performance

[Manchester City’s official Twitter channel](https://twitter.com/ManCity/status/1472688505507790853?s=20) posted a video of Cancelo scoring an incredible goal in the 4-0 romp against Newcastle. Captioning the clip: ‘marking his 100th City appearance in style’, plenty of fans flocked to the comments to sing the defender’s praises following his landmark appearance.

Here’s what these City fans said, with one even touting the “unstoppable” 27-year-old as a potential Ballon D’Or candidate on current form – he current has the fourth-highest rating in the 2021/22 Premier League as per [WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Regions/252/Tournaments/2/Seasons/8618/Stages/19793/PlayerStatistics/England-Premier-League-2021-2022) metrics:

**“Juve scammed themselves for Danilo”**

Credit: [@RicciScott\_](https://twitter.com/RicciScott_/status/1472688672416104455)

**“Cancelo is a beast”**

Credit: [@Fordiinho](https://twitter.com/Fordiinho/status/1472824337120038912)

**“He’s unstoppable”**

Credit: [@IbnHass92348908](https://twitter.com/IbnHass92348908/status/1472891052302417923)

**“Cancelo is in his own league”**

Credit: [@thriIseeker](https://twitter.com/thriIseeker/status/1472927371330269191?s=20)

**“Best full back in the world.”**

Credit: [@This\_Is\_FPL](https://twitter.com/This_Is_FPL/status/1472817756328189952)

**“Ballon d’Or pending”**

Credit: [@mcfcdon\_](https://twitter.com/mcfcdon_/status/1472689044895191041)

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