Here are your Manchester City evening headlines on Wednesday, March 16.
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Pep Guardiola has hailed Manchester City's away support as "extraordinary" after he and his players celebrated with them following the crucial win at Everton.
The Blues boss and his squad recognised the importance of the 1-0 win at Goodison Park, courtesy of Phil Foden's late goal, and that was reflected in the way they reacted after the final whistle.
Ongoing Covid restrictions mean that the away team's players and staff enter and exit the field in the corner next to where visiting supporters are housed — and there were celebratory scenes as they made their way off the pitch.
The support shown for City's Ukraine international Aleks Zinchenko before the game — with his country's flags being displayed alongside derogatory messages for Russian premier Vladimir — set the tone.
Both sets of fans put on a show of unity over the war in Ukraine, with Zinchenko's international teammate Vitali Mykolenko on the subs' bench for the Toffees.
But at the end, the away fans were celebrating a victory that re-opened a six-point lead over Liverpool, who again have a game in hand as they played in the Carabao Cup final this weekend.
City players normally do not go overboard when they win ordinary league games, but the tense nature of the Goodison win brought some celebrations that were much wilder than normal. And when the players made their way off, they joined in with jubilant scenes in the away end.
Guardiola said: "It was on the way to our locker room and I have to say thank you for the question because our fans, when we play away, are incredible and amazing.
"So our fans away, I would love to hug them all every single game. I don’t go much to thank them because wherever we go — last game at Norwich, far, far away — they are there
Here are your Manchester City evening headlines on Wednesday, March 16.
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