City's frustrations were illustrated by bookings for Joey Barton and Dietmar Hamann for a couple of late lunges.
On the hour City were 3-1 down and goals from Georgios Samaras and Joey Barton were merely a consolation.
Then, it was back to Owen who arrived from deep to meet Joey Barton's pass only to shoot wide.
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His request was echoed by QPR's Joey Barton, who grew up on Merseyside, and Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany.
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Jens Lehmann's weak clearance was intercepted by Joey Barton that enabled Michael Johnson to thread the ball in for Beasley to finish.
It comes two days after midfielder Joey Barton, 26, was sidelined for up to 10 weeks after breaking the fifth metatarsal in his right foot.
Dabo had to go to hospital in May 2007 after a training ground bust-up with Joey Barton left him unconscious and with a bruised eye.
The midfielder is seen as the ideal replacement for Joey Barton, who faces a long spell on the sidelines at Newcastle after breaking his foot.
"After reviewing last nights footage, I've come to the conclusion that the games gone, " tweeted Marseille midfielder Joey Barton, who has nearly two million Twitter followers.
Toon substitute Cheik Tiote then saw red for a wild tackle before Joey Barton pulled one back from 30 yards in injury-time to give United hope.
Barton, whose brother is Manchester City footballer Joey Barton, and Taylor face a mandatory life sentence and the minimum tariff for racially motivated murders is 30 years.
Roberto Mancini's men crushed Villarreal 3-0 in the Champions League in midweek, but went behind in the 28th minute when striker Jay Bothroyd headed in Joey Barton's free-kick.
Lee Cattermole was biting hard into tackles and Joey Barton had to be replaced by Danny Guthrie after a heavy challenge from the Wigan midfielder in the 15th minute.
Alan Smith slid in on Manuel Almunia while Joey Barton cleaned out Gilberto as the Magpies harried and harassed their opponents to try to nullify Arsenal's smooth passing play.
As the half wore on the visitors grew as a presence, but barring some well-delivered Joey Barton free-kicks, they only had Kevin Nolan's miscued effort from a corner to show for their efforts.
Henry has been no stranger to controversy this season, having been involved in a series of physical exchanges with Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton when the teams met at Molineux in August.
However Pardew's players gave him the perfect start, with Kevin Nolan putting the home side ahead and strikes from Joey Barton and Andy Carroll sealing victory after a Dirk Kuyt equaliser.
Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce, without Joey Barton, Micah Richards and Michael Ball, makes two changes to the side that lost to rivals United last time out, Stephen Jordan and Sun Jihai coming into the team.
Xabi Alonso hit the crossbar for Liverpool with a curling 30-yarder as Newcastle struggled to get a foot-hold on the game -- and their situation was made even worse in the 77th-minute when controversial midfielder Joey Barton was shown a straight red card for a two-footed lunge on Alonso in front of the famous Kop end.
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