straight to your inboxPep Guardiola was thrilled with Manchester City's performance in their 2-0 win over Newcastle.
Goals from Ilkay Gundogan and Ferran Torres moved the Blues up to fifth in the Premier League table ahead of crunch away tests at Everton and Chelsea in the coming week Guardiola has been critical of his team for much of the season and still wants improvement in their finishing; Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling were among those to waste good opportunities to get on the scoresheet.
But the City boss was happy enough with the overall performance to take confidence into the approaching fixtures against teams around them. "It was the best performance of the season," said Guardiola.
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