Manchester City beat Newcastle to cut Arsenal’s lead to two
Team given three days off before facing Leeds
Pep Guardiola told his players to “take a lot of caipirinhas, daiquiris” to handle the pressure of the title chase after Manchester City beat Newcastle 2-1 to close to within two points of Arsenal.
Two goals from Nico O’Reilly on 14 and 27 minutes at the Etihad Stadium were answered only by Lewis Hall’s strike in between as City moved to 56 points and a goal difference of 31, one fewer than Arsenal’s.
While Mikel Arteta’s team can widen the gap to five points if they win at Tottenham on Sunday, they will have played a game more. As Arsenal are at City on 18 April the title is in each side’s hands.
