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Goals by Ilkay Gundogan and Ferran Torres made it back-to-back victories for Manchester City as they beat Newcastle United 2-0 to move up to fifth place.
Gundogan put Man City in front on 14 minutes when he turned in Raheem Sterling's cutback at the end of a slick move.
Kevin De Bruyne had a big chance before half-time but his close-range effort was saved by Newcastle goalkeeper Karl Darlow.
Jacob Murphy forced a save from Ederson early in the second half before Torres fired in from close range on 55 minutes after a deflection in the Newcastle box.
Substitute Sergio Aguero had an effort cleared off the line late on for Man City, who are up to 26 points thanks to their 12th consecutive home win over the Magpies.
Newcastle remain in 12th place with 18 points.
See: Man City report | Newcastle report
Next fixtures
Man City: 28 Dec v Everton (A)
Newcastle: 30 Dec v Liverpool (H)
Match officials
Referee: Andre Marriner. Assistants: Scott Ledger, Richard West. Fourth official: Andy Madley. VAR: Lee Mason. Assistant VAR: Matthew Wilkes.
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