Ryan Taylor was thrilled to make a winning return for Newcastle United in their Capital One Cup victory over Manchester City.
The fullback has been sidelined with successive cruciate ligament problems since 2012.
"That was a fairytale, a dream, everything, it all came true tonight," he told Sky Sports 1. "Two years of hard graft for myself just to get back playing football is a big thing for me, but what a performance that was from the lads.'"
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