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Kidd pleased with Citizens spirit

04 Oct 2010 - 08:08:06

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Manchester City assistant manager Brian Kidd has praised the players for grinding out Sunday's 2-1 Premier League victory over Newcastle United at Eastlands.

Carlos Tevez's penalty was cancelled out by Jonas Gutierrez in the first half, but the three points were earned when substitute Adam Johnson made an instant impact and the result, not the performance, was the most important thing, insisted Kidd.

"I think you saw bits of everything today," he said.

"We knew we weren't really at it in the first half. But that was the pleasing thing, because the players responded.

"We've gone second in the league now. Over 38 games you get games like that, that are not for the purists.

"What is pleasing is that the players have shown that there is substance in the result. You know you've got a chance when you've got that in the squad."