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• Guardiola rues finishing as Man City frustrated at St James' Park

  Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola rued his side's finishing after their 1-1 draw with Newcastle United on Saturday.

  City had taken the lead in the first half through Josko Gvardiol, after neat play from Jack Grealish helped create the goal, but were pegged back when Anthony Gordon won and converted a penalty after the break.

  Despite having 16 shots, and six efforts on target, City only registered 0.87 expected goals (xG), suggesting those chances were not of a high quality.

  Erling Haaland failed to extend his scoring run, while Nick Pope made a fine save from Bernardo Silva late on, as City saw a run of 14 successive Premier League matches in which they had scored multiple goals come to an end.

  A frustrated Guardiola told TNT Sports: "We made bad decisions at the last minute to make it 2-0. It is always difficult here with their physicality and they defend so deep.

  "We had chances but Pope was brilliant so we take the point.

  "When we scored we played better. We make a mistake and after they play better. But then we take the game again and had chances to win it.

  "They had moments in first ten minutes and after their goal, but in general we played really good."

  Guardiola was full of praise for City's midfielders, with Rodri's season-ending knee injury leaving him searching for solutions.

  "Mateo [Kovacic] was brilliant, Rico [Lewis] too. Bernardo played there. Really good," Guardiola said.

  City are back in European action on Tuesday, as they travel to Slovakia to face Slovan Bratislava.

• Howe thrilled with Gordon's leading role in Man City draw

  Eddie Howe hailed Anthony Gordon's performance after he proved decisive in Newcastle United's 1-1 draw with Manchester City.

  Newcastle fell behind in the first half when Josko Gvardiol finished off a slick City move, but the home side hit back, with Gordon winning and converting a penalty to earn a point.

  With Alexander Isak injured, Gordon, who has won seven penalties in the Premier League since the beginning of last season, at least four more than any other player during that time, led the line for Newcastle.

  The England international performed brilliantly, creating two chances while also attempting four crosses as he dragged wide to stretch City's defence.

  Speaking to TNT Sports, Howe said of Gordon: "I've said he is capable of doing the role.

  "The highlight for me today was his energy and his running. He led the line really well and really pleased that he got his goal. Well deserved."

  Gordon confirmed pre-match that he is close to signing a new deal to remain at Newcastle, despite speculation linking him with a move away.

  After the match, he told TNT: "The way I play striker, you'll see a lot of pressing, just because I'm not an out-and-out number nine. I have to play it my way."

  Newcastle have 11 points from their opening six games, and Gordon is encouraged by the tally given some of the performances this season.

  He said: "It's a really good place to be considering we've been nowhere near what we can do. We've got so much more to give."

  Howe too was delighted to see such a vast improvement from his side in comparison to their dismal performance away at Fulham last week, which saw them lose 3-1.

  "We are happy, especially after last week," he told BBC Sport.

  “That was a good display, that was us playing our way, brave. It was two teams going right at each other for probably 70 minutes.

  "We got into really good crossing areas and I was really pleased with how we were off the ball and how we attacked the game. I can't ask for much more than that, the lads gave everything."

• Sainz hat-trick at Derby makes it three wins in four for Norwich

  Norwich City climbed to within one place of the Championship play-off spots following a 3-2 victory away at Derby County and a hat-trick from Borja Sainz.

  The result ended a run of nine straight home wins in the league for Derby, and it was the first time they have been beaten at Pride Park since February. Norwich, meanwhile, have now won three of their last four matches.

  Norwich took the lead in the first half through Sainz in controversial circumstances, with the ball looking as if it had gone out of play during the build-up to the goal.

  But Derby would not go down without a fight, equalising through Craig Forsyth on his 300th career appearance, as he fired past Angus Gunn from eight yards.

  Just five minutes later, Norwich were back in front with Sainz hitting a bouncing ball from outside of the box and the Spaniard secured his hat-trick with another three minutes from time.

  Derby got one back in stoppage time through Corey Blackett-Taylor, but were unable to force an equaliser.

  Elsewhere, Sheffield Wednesday beat league leaders West Bromwich Albion 3-2 at Hillsborough to win for the first time in the league since the opening day.

  Danny Rohl’s side were one up after nine minutes, with Darnell Furlong deflecting Marvin Johnson's effort past his goalkeeper. Josh Windass doubled their lead in the 23rd minute.

  The Baggies got back into it after the hour, with Josh Maja heading in from a deep cross for his seventh goal of the season, and substitute Alex Mowatt dragged them level in the 84th minute.

  But two minutes later, Anthony Musaba put Wednesday back in front for a lead they would maintain for the remainder of the match. The hosts climb to 16th, two points above the bottom three.

  Blackburn Rovers maintained their 100% home record in the league with a 2-0 victory over QPR, who had Jonathan Varane, the half-brother of former Real Madrid and Manchester United defender Raphael Varane, sent off in first-half stoppage time for a late lunge on Danny Batth.

  John Eustace's side struck twice in the second half to ensure their strong form rolled on.