Newcastle United boss Alan Pardew admitted that the 2-0 loss was a bitter pill to swallow after their empowering performance against Manchester City.

Manchester City's David Silva and Sergio Aguero scored the goals and secured their victory at St James' Park.

Nevertheless, Newcastle was able to put City under pressure at times despite the loss. The summer signings with the likings of Daryl Janmaat, Jack Colback, Remy Cabella, and Emmanuel Riviere, showed fine performances. Substitutes Rolando Aaron and Ayoze Perez also made an impression.

Pardew was disappointed to see his side take nothing from the match. However, he says they still have a plenty of reasons to be positive.

He told Sky Sports: "It was frustrating for us because in the second half we really pushed on up and put some younger players on, who were a bit naive at times but who threatened with their pace. We just couldn't get that equalizer.

"I feel that if we could have got that then we could have gone on to win it because we looked like we had more legs in the team.

"We were brave, we went for it and there were some outstanding performances. All the players were solid and Remy gave us some moments around the box that we haven't had for a long time."

Pardew added that there were couple of times that his side broke down during the match and perhaps they rushed it.

"But it was a really good team effort against, let's be honest, real quality, and the quality won it today.

"I was pleased with a lot of the aspects of today's game. The defense was solid and the crowd was magnificent."