Man City vs Newcastle United highlights and reaction as Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva score

Manchester City welcome Newcastle United to the Etihad Stadium this lunchtime as the Blues aim to close the gap on Arsenal at the top of the Premier League.

Pep Guardiola's side are in high spirits after two back-to-back victories against Bournemouth and Bristol City this week. The latter victory set up an intriguing FA Cup quarter-final tie with Vincent Kompany's Burnley.

However, all focus is back on the league campaign today as City continue to chase down the Gunners. Mikel Arteta's side beat Everton 4-0 in midweek to open up a five point advantage over the Blues.

That will be cut to two points on Saturday if City can beat Eddie Howe's men. Arsenal do not play until 3pm when they host Bournemouth.

Guardiola looks set to have a full squad to choose from this weekend after John Stones, Stefan Ortega and Aymeric Laporte all overcame their respective injuries and illnesses over the last few days.

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Ederson finally gets his 100th Premier League clean sheet.

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Manchester City are alive and ready to fight to the end in this title race.

Newcastle caused enough problems to threaten a different result at the Etihad, and Arsenal continue to set a blistering pace at the top of the table, but Pep Guardiola's champions are doing enough. There was enough quality, spirit, and commitment in this 2-0 win over one of their toughest opponents to suggest that the Blues have found the form they spent two