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Sven Botman and Anthony Gordon are injury doubts for Newcastle United’s visit to Manchester City next weekend, while Dan Burn is also set for a scan on a groin problem.
Botman, 25, and Gordon, 23, did not travel to St Andrew’s for Newcastle’s come-from-behind 3-2 FA Cup fourth-round victory over Birmingham City due to knee and quad problems respectively.
Burn, meanwhile, was forced off in the 55th minute with a groin issue, the severity of which is yet to be determined.
“It seems that we’re just going through a little spell where a lot of big efforts in games and…