TOON RAIDERS! NUMBERS BEHIND CITY’S DEMOLITION...

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RAHEEM STERLING scored his 50th and 51st Premier League goals for Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. Only one player has more for them there — Sergio Aguero, 106. City have beaten Newcastle more times than they have any PL team (28).

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CITY added two more set-piece goals here, with Rodri and Aymeric Laporte scoring. It extends their league-high tally of 20 set-piece goals this season. They have conceded just one. Their +19 differential in this regard is the best recorded in a single Premier League season.

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JOAO CANCELO got his 10th assist of the season. City are the only club in Europe’s top five leagues to have four players on 10 or more assists. Kevin De Bruyne has 13, Phil Foden and Gabriel Jesus both 11. Eddie Howe has lost all of his 12 meetings with City.