{"id":385801,"date":"2017-12-23T17:01:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T17:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=385801"},"modified":"2017-12-24T07:07:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T07:07:35","slug":"pl-round-man-city-win-17-straight-newcastle-edge-west-ham-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/pl-round-man-city-win-17-straight-newcastle-edge-west-ham-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"PL round-up: Man City win 17 straight, Newcastle edge West Ham in thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Man City 4-0 Bournemouth:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Manchester City smashed Bournemouth to continue their record-breaking run with their 17th straight victory in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Sergio Aguero took his tally of Etihad Stadium goals past 100 with a double, as the top flight leaders\u00a0swept past the Cherries.<\/p>\n<p>Raheem Sterling also claimed his 16th goal of the season and Danilo his first for the club late on, as Pep Guardiola&#8217;s side took their 2017 tally to 101 goals.<\/p>\n<p>City were not at their sparkling best but still had far too much for Bournemouth, who have now lost back-to-back games 4-0 after last week&#8217;s thrashing by Liverpool and are without a win in seven.<\/p>\n<p>Another win moves Man City 14 points clear at the top of the table at the halfway stage of the season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>West Ham 2-3 Newcastle:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Newcastle came from behind and managed to hold on in a nervy finale to beat West Ham in a five-goal thriller at the London Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Marko Arnautovic continued his great run of form with the Hammers\u2019 opening goal inside just six minutes, the former capitalising on a dreadful back-pass from \u00a0Henri Saivet.<\/p>\n<p>But Saivet redeemed himself with a wonderful free-kick to pull the Magpies level just four minutes later, and David Moyes\u2019 men then found themselves behind when Mohamed Diame\u00a0netted early in the 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a 64th-minute drive which flew under Watford goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes.<\/p>\n<p>The well-earned win was much needed for Seagulls manager Chris Hughton, ending a run of three points from a possible 27 while inflicting a fourth successive loss on the Hornets and putting a little more pressure on their boss Marco Silva.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Southampton 1-1 Huddersfield:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Charlie Austin could face a suspension after his challenge on Jonas Lossl left the Danish goalkeeper with a blood-soaked face as Southampton drew 1-1 with Huddersfield at St Mary&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Austin fired Saints into the lead but later avoided sanction despite catching Huddersfield keeper Lossl in the nose in a bad-tempered south coast affair.<\/p>\n<p>The striker could face retrospective punishment from the Football Association for his actions, with a three-match ban a possibility, while Lossl managed to play on undeterred after lengthy treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Austin&#8217;s fifth strike in five starts was cancelled out by Laurent Depoitre&#8217;s third goal in as many games however, as the Terriers fought back for a share of the spoils.<\/p>\n<p>Saints frontman Austin later hobbled off with a leg issue as injury cut short his mixed afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The draw left Southampton with just one win in 10 Premier League encounters, maintaining pressure on manager Mauricio Pellegrino.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stoke City 3-1 West Brom:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pressure on Stoke manager Mark Hughes eased a little following a 3-1 home victory against West Brom.<\/p>\n<p>Five defeats in the previous six Premier League matches had dragged Stoke towards the relegation battle, but Hughes said in the build-up to the game he did not feel defeat here would spell the end of his four and a half years in charge.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Peter Coates, however, described Saturday&#8217;s fixture against the second-from-bottom club as &#8220;one we need to win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It looked like Stoke would comfortably 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