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Pep Guardiola was involved in a heated exchange of words between Joelinton and Bruno Guimaraes following Manchester City's 2-1 loss to Newcastle.
Ruben Dias fumed over the decision not to punish Harvey Barnes' push on Gianluigi Donnarumma in the build-up to Newcastle's winner over Manchester City - asking the officials to "make it make sense".
Despite a near remarkable Irish effort to remain in the contest after being shown five cards and reduced to 12 players at one stage, South Africa posted a 24-13 win for a first success in Dublin since 2012.
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Bournemouth missed out on a chance to climb into a top four spot as the Cherries came from behind to draw 2-2 with West Ham.
Sunderland will go some way to bucking an unwanted trend this weekend if they can beat Newcastle in the first Tyne-Wear Premier League derby in nine years.
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