Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was delighted with his side’s performance in their 3-1 comebackwin over Newcastle United in the FA Cup fifth round.

The Blues returned to winning ways at St. James’ Park on Saturday night after suffering a major dent to their Premier League title hopes courtesy of a 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest in midweek.

Harvey Barnes opened the scoring for Eddie Howe’s side as a just reward for a fast start to the cup tie from the Magpies, who were facing Manchester City for the fifth time in all competitions this season.

Savinho levelled proceedings close to half-time and Omar Marmoush scored a brilliant second-half brace as Manchester City progressed to the FA Cup quarter-final – keeping their hopes of an unprecedented quadruple alive for now.

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How did Pep Guardiola react to the win in Tyneside?

Guardiola was particularly animated on the sidelines during the contest and after showing his outrage over Manchester City not being awarded a free-kick for a pull back on Jeremy Doku on 54 minutes, the Catalan was shown a yellow card for dissent by referee Sam Barrott.

The yellow card – Guardiola’s sixth in domestic competitions this season – means the 55-year-old will serve a two-game touchline suspension and miss City’s upcoming Premier League fixture against West Ham as well as the FA Cup quarter-final. However, Guardiola will be allowed on the touchline for the Carabao Cup final against Arsenal in a fortnight.

In a post-match interview with TNT Sports, Guardiola said: “We played so good. The first 20 minutes always in this stadium (are difficult), it always happens.

“But after when we made sequences of passes, especially Savinho and Jeremy (Doku), it was so decisive. Incredible, the best performance we played in this stadium in our time together here, so it was really good!”

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