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The champions are playing again, and are once again hoping to put a late collapse behind them. Their opponents today are Newcastle United, fresh from two big cup victories.
Eddie Howe will lead his men out at the Carabao Cup final next month and he has also shepherded them into the fifth round of the FA Cup. City are one of the other teams in the last 16, but that is about as far as the positives extend for them at the moment.
Victory today would lift the mood at the Etihad Stadium, but defeat would do very little for the morale of Pep Guardiola’s downtrodden superstars. Let’s find out how they get on!
