After Manchester City's 2-1 loss to Newcastle United, Pep Guardiola was caught on camera confronting a cameraman at St.St. James’ Park. He has since expressed regret over the episode.

Guardiola was visibly upset after the game, approaching referee Sam Barrott and Bruno Guimaraes in what appeared to be heated discussions.

The Sky Sports cameraman supposedly got too close to the agitated coach, leading Guardiola to adjust the man's headset while voicing his displeasure.

"I apologised," Guardiola stated. I feel bad when I see it. I don’t like how I acted. I said sorry to the cameraman right away.

I am who I am. After so many games, I'm not perfect, and I make mistakes. It's not about that.

I will always defend my team and my club. That's why I reacted the way I did.

Guardiola added, From my experience, winning the Premier League requires around 100 points. Anything less, and we don't win. That's just how it is.

With four league losses already, City would need to win every remaining game to reach that 100-point mark.

Before facing Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League, Guardiola seemed annoyed by a penalty call on Phil Foden and Newcastle's winning goal.

The referee was involved for almost the entire match, he said. He was constantly involved.

Sports are tough, and things aren't always easy. It's part of what makes us a team and a club. We must experience these moments.

City might see Claudio Echeverri, who is currently on loan, on Tuesday night. However, the young Argentine's time in the Bundesliga hasn't been easy.

Echeverri has been a substitute in most of the recent league games, and City might consider bringing him back in January.

City has high hopes for the 19-year-old, whom they signed from River Plate earlier this year.

Guardiola also spoke with Newcastle captain Bruno Guimaraes for about 30 seconds.

Echeverri was a substitute in the FA Cup final against Crystal Palace, and he scored at the Club World Cup.

The plan was for him to get regular playing time this season. Echeverri's representatives chose Leverkusen, while City wanted him to play at Girona, a sister club.

When asked about Echeverri's possible return in January, Guardiola said, That's a question for his agent.

We want our players to play a lot, and we value him as a player. His agent probably knows more about the situation.

As the supporters of Newcastle United ambled by Alan Shearer's monument before the commencement of the match at St. James' Park, the unwelcome twist of fate would have crossed their minds, with the potential scenario of witnessing one of their icons' scoring accomplishments being surpassed in his own territory.

A goal scored by Erling Haaland in the northeast would have superseded Shearer as the quickest player to attain 100 goals in the annals of the Premier League. The Norwegian is destined to seize this record sooner rather than later, having 14 remaining opportunities to achieve it, but the fact that he did not seize it here is substantially why Manchester City was unsuccessful in amplifying the pressure on Arsenal in anticipation of the North London showdown.

A monument of Haaland will likely be erected outside the Etihad one day, but when he reflects upon his tenure with City, this match will be one he wishes to forget. He was presented with three opportunities to achieve his Premier League century. All three times, he was unsuccessful in doing so. Two of these instances were the kind of opportunities he has been eagerly capitalising on this season.

Conversely, this match served as an unwelcome and jarring reminder of the ramifications when Haaland fails to score. The city suffers a loss. He was kept at bay by a Premier League team for the fourth occasion this season, and on the third occasion, it resulted in a defeat for his squad.

Haaland bears a significant portion of the goal-scoring responsibility in this team. The weight of the pressure is unlikely to impede him, given that he recently guided Norway to its first World Cup appearance in 28 years, but this was a costly day off.

Ruben Dias assumed the mantle of goal scorer, unleashing a powerful shot from a corner into the net, thereby levelling the score for the Blues after Harvey Barnes's opening goal. He became the ninth distinct Premier League goal scorer for City this season, but Haaland remains the sole player to have scored more than one goal.

If Pep Guardiola's team had been defensively sound, a goal from a central defender might have sufficed, but they never exhibited any semblance of control at St. James' Park. This was a chaotic affair, precisely the kind of match Guardiola despises because they are equally susceptible to being lost as they are to being won.

Dias's goal was bookended by two goals from Barnes during a frenzied seven-minute period that encapsulated the essence of the game. The initial goal transpired after a poor clearance by Nico O'Reilly failed to address the impending danger, but the execution from 20 yards was impeccable.

The second goal was scored from a set piece that City failed to clear. Gianluigi Donnarumma was incensed at not being awarded a foul from the corner and received a booking for his demonstration before becoming embroiled in a heated exchange with Newcastle assistant Jason Tindall.

The fiery pair kept up their heated argument even after the final whistle. Donnarumma gave Tindall a frosty glare after Tindall brushed him off with a casual hand gesture, and Donnarumma looked ready to explode. Not far away, Pep Guardiola and Bruno Guimaraes were wrapped up in their own argument.

It was clear that City was very frustrated, which showed how much they missed out on a great chance. They could have made the title race more interesting in November by getting within a point of Arsenal. Instead, the Gunners now have an opportunity to take back control of the story.

This was the kind of ending that everyone expected from this match. At halftime, the main question was how the game was still tied at zero. Barnes could have scored within the first half-minute after Newcastle took advantage of a bad pass from Donnarumma, but Barnes gave the Italian a straightforward opportunity to make amends.

That opening moment set the tone for a game that was as wild and fun as a Saturday night in Newcastle's bustling Bigg Market. Donnarumma mentioned this week that he was enjoying how intense life is in the Premier League, so he must have felt very comfortable in this game.

Nick Woltemade had scored with each of his first six shots that hit the goal in the Premier League, and when he headed Tino Livramento's cross, he must have thought he would score a seventh, but the towering Italian goalie blocked it. Shortly after, Donnarumma did it again, but Haaland couldn't capitalise on the rebound at the opposite end.

He let Nick Pope get away with running out of his goal area about 15 yards early in the game, and then he shot the ball right at the goalie from eight yards out on his first attempt. Phil Foden missed another obvious chance after a well-executed move by City, and he should have gotten a penalty when Fabian Schar fouled him.

The feeling of unfairness would stay, but the excitement was just getting started.