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At a rain and windswept Etihad Stadium as Storm Bella swept into Manchester, it was plain sailing for the hosts as goals either side of half-time from Ilkay Gundogan and Ferran Torres extended their unbeaten run in all competitions to 10 games.<br \/>\nCity\u2019s lack of goals has unusually been their undoing so far this season but despite again not hitting the free-flowing heights of previous years under Guardiola, an impressive defensive record is moving them back into contention.<br \/>\nAn eighth clean sheet in 10 games never looked threatened against a Newcastle side lacking in intent or threat, with top scorer Callum Wilson left on the bench.<br \/>\n\u201cThere are weird results for everyone. This season is about being calm in the good and bad moments,\u201d said Guardiola. \u201cI have the feeling we are getting better.\u201d<br \/>\nGuardiola\u2019s options had been limited prior to kick-off by Kyle Walker and Gabriel Jesus testing positive for coronavirus along with two members of the City staff.<br \/>\nHowever, the loss of Jesus and Walker is likely to be more keenly felt in the coming week as City travel to second-placed Everton on Monday and Chelsea next weekend in two real tests of their ability to reel in Liverpool at the top of the table.<br \/>\n\u201cWe played at the tempo we have to play. We are a team that needs to make a lot of passes, not run so much and attack in the right moments. 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