The way Newcastle United played against Manchester City is not typical of what we see in the Premier League. If it was, it would not have provoked such debate and comment. It was interesting precisely because it was unusual.
It is wrong to say that Wednesday night's game reflected badly on the whole of the Premier League or to claim, as Sky pundit Jamie Carragher did, that our domestic competition is 'embarrassingly' lop-sided.
'The Premier League is becoming a bit of a joke league, with the top teams being so far ahead of the ones at the bottom,' said Carragher.