straight to your inboxPep Guardiola credits Manchester City's win away at Southampton in December with kickstarting their season.
The Blues headed to St Mary's on the back of two successive draws where they had failed to inspire - first at Old Trafford and then at home to a struggling West Brom team - but battled hard to defend the lead that an early Raheem Sterling strike had given them and pick up a vital victory.
A week later against Newcastle, they gave what the manager described at the time as their best performance of the season and head for their return fixture with West Brom on a run of ten straight wins in all competitions and with the chance to spend at least a day on top of the Premier League table.
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