London, Nov. 23 -- Manchester City's title chances suffered a major setback after a 2-1 defeat away to Newcastle United, as Chelsea overtook Pep Guardiola's side into second place in the standings.

Manchester City had two penalties overturned by the VAR in the first half, before a frantic seven minutes in the second half decided the game on Saturday.

Harvey Barnes put Newcastle ahead in the 63rd minute. Although Ruben Dias leveled from inside the Newcastle penalty area five minutes later, Barnes was on hand to win the game for Newcastle with his second goal of the match in the 70th minute.

A diving header from Pedro Neto in the 37th minute and Enzo Fernandez's side-footed finish to finish off a counter-attack in the 88th minute gave Chel...