‘Caipirinhas, daiquiris’: Guardiola tells City players to chill and ignore title pressure

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 ...

By Jamie Jackson at the Etihad Stadium