Newcastle United endured yet another arduous night against Manchester City on Saturday. Eddie Howe and his side were dumped out of the FA Cup at the Etihad Stadium thanks to two deflected goals from Bernardo Silva. While there was a slice of luck in that, elements of Newcastle’s defending before the midfielder got a shot away were criticised. In truth, Howe’s side created very little, aside from Alexander Isak’s chance in the first-half. Indeed, there was very little to cheer on a very rainy Saturday night in Manchester. Still, Howe was impressed with one player and that is of particular inter…