EPL: Guardiola speaks on Man City going 15points lead

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has expressed his delight after they beat Newcastle 1-0 in a “complicated” Premier League fixture on Wednesday.

The victory extended their lead at the top of the table to 15 points and their record-breaking winning streak to 18 matches.

But despite having 72% possession and 21 shots, Newcastle almost stole a point when Dwight Gayle went close with a header in the dying minutes. He was also rightly booked for a dive inside the penalty box.

“We created chances. At half-time it could have been three or four,” Guardiola told a news conference.

“It’s okay. When you’re winning 18 games in a row, you have 10-15 minutes in that way but we are so happy.

“It’s not easy when Newcastle don’t want to play. They defend well and want to counter-attack and defend deep. It’s not easy.

“We created chances in the first half and the beginning of the second. In the last minutes — it was a little more complicated.”

Source: dailypost.

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