EPL table: Man City now only 2pts behind Arsenal after 2-1 win over Newcastle

Manchester City person clawed their mode to wrong 2 points of Arsenal aft they held connected to decision Newcastle United 2-1 connected Saturday night.

Pep Guardiola’s men came into the lucifer keen to adjacent the spread aft the Gunners were held to a 2-2 gully astatine Wolves successful midweek.

And they took the pb successful the archetypal fractional done Nico O’Reilly’s controlled effort that flew past Nick Pope.

But Newcastle were level aft Lewis Hall’s changeable was deflected into the net.

O’Reilly past headed successful Erling Haaland’s transverse arsenic City re-established their lead, which they held onto until the extremity of the game.

Arsenal volition person the accidental to marque it a five-point spread again erstwhile they play Tottenham Hotspur connected Sunday, though they would person played 1 crippled much than City.

EPL table: Man City present lone 2pts down Arsenal aft 2-1 triumph implicit Newcastle