Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew (L) confronts referee Mike Jones (3rd R) as he walks off the pitch at half time during their English Premier League soccer match against Manchester City at St James' Park in Newcastle, northern England, January 12, 2014. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis
LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester City went top of the Premier League with a controversial 2-0 win at Newcastle United and Liverpool kept alive their title hopes with an astonishing 5-3 victory at Stoke City in the Premier League on Sunday.
City won at St James' Park thanks to an early Edin Dzeko goal and a stoppage-time effort from Alvaro Negredo but they benefited from a contentious decision by referee Mike Jones,
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