Pep Guardiola's Manchester City continued their recent mastery of Newcastle United with a 2-1 win at the Etihad Stadium that shrunk Arsenal's table lead to just two points.
It took a whole lot of gumption, as the Magpies pushed hard for an equalizer deep into stoppage time but could not defy Gianluigi Donnarumma a second time.
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The Citizens are again hoping to overtake a Premier League rival from an inferior position on the table and will know that staying within three points of the Gunners will give them a shot to pass them when they meet on April 18 in Manchester.
Two points is obviously within that margin.
City could've made it easier on themselves by finishing their chances against a Newcastle side that was in Azerbaijan just a few days ago. Nico O'Reilly's two goals were enough to get City over the line but the hosts did need an offside flag to stop Dan Burn from making it 2-2.
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