Things don't get any easier for 19th-placed Newcastle after defeat to Liverpool as it is league leaders Manchester City next.
Pep Guardiola will be on the touchline for City after producing a negative Covid PCR test on the eve of the game.
City put seven past Leeds United last time out and head to the North East looking for an eighth straight league win as they turn the screw in their bid to defend their league title.
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