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Manchester City exploited Liverpool's mistake against Tottenham with an agreeable 5-0 triumph over Newcastle on Sunday which moved them three focuses clear in the Premier League title race.
Raheem Sterling headed in an exemplary City assault and Aymeric Laporte packaged in one more before half time. Rodri wrapped up the focuses by polishing off Kevin De Bruyne's corner before substitute Phil Foden snatched the fourth, with Sterling enrolling a support with one of the last kicks of the game.
Newcastle had an astounding opportunity to take a shock lead inside the initial ten minutes as Allan Saint-Maximin chose striker Chris Wood, yet the New Zealander's header needed power and was accumulated by Ederson.
City went on in style as Ilkay Gundogan drifted a ball into the crate for Joao Cancelo to gesture across objective to Sterling, who showed up on signal to give the hosts the benefit.
Wood before long had the ball toward the rear of the net for Newcastle from a corner, however Joelinton had wandered offside and the strike was chalked off.City's objective slipped them into the game and it was soon 2-0, with Martin Dubravka spilling a Gundogan fired into Laporte's way for the Spain safeguard to tap in.
The focuses were fixed when Pep Guadiola's side got a simple third, with Rodri showing up to control home De Bruyne's header at the close to post.
Newcastle's determination had well and really been broken and City added a gleam to the scoreline with two late strikes. Substitute Foden pushed in after decent work from Jack Grealish and Oleksandr Zinchenko before City strolled in a fifth with Sterling changing over from short proximity.
After a run of four straight wins which removed them from the transfer picture, Newcastle have now lost two games on the skip, however any desire for a main ten completion stays for Magpies manager Eddie Howe.
For City, they recovered best position in the Premier League and have three games in which to hold their title, holding a three-point support over Liverpool. They're next in real life on Wednesday when they face Wolves, while Newcastle take on Arsenal next Monday.
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