The victory restored City’s 16-point lead at the top of the Premier League
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The Citizens had a few half-chances early on as Aguero shot into the side-netting and Lukasz Fabianski saved from Fernandinho, but they were nearly caught out by a Swansea suckerpunch on 10 minutes
Victory lifts City 11 point clear over their opponents at the top of the league table, while also putting them level with Arsenal’s record of 14-successive wins set between February and August 2002
The 31-year-old, who was due to be out of contract at the end of next season, will now take his time with the Citizens to a full decade with his latest deal
Pep Guardiola’s side were utterly dominant from the off, taking the lead in the 16th minute after hitting the Potters with a devastating counter, the move ending when Kevin De Bruyne picked out Gabriel Jesus in front of goal for a tap-in
The match was played at Saint Mary’s on Saturday
City should have netted more in a match they controlled for large periods, but Pep Guardiola will be satisfied having watched his team ease into the last four of the competition
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the result meant they missed the chance to cut Chelsea’s lead at the top of the table
Sergio Aguero, who returned from a three-match ban and David Silva were favoured ahead of Iheanacho for a striking role
City, already through to the last 16, knew that victory would see them top the group if Juventus failed to beat Sevilla
Silva was then attended to by the medical staff, who worried that the injury could be serious and opted to put the Canary Islander in a neck brace and give him oxygen to assist in breathing as he’d suffered a possible broken cheekbone
The hosts came within a whisker of taking the lead just a minute into the match, with Martin Kelly whipping a ball to the back post that Jason Puncheon mis-kicked and Wilfried Zaha blasted wide
Chelsea held out to maintain their five-point advantage at the summit, with Pellegrini quick to point out that City overturned a bigger deficit when they first won the Premier League in the 2011-12 season
The Citizens found themselves a goal behind heading into the final 25 minutes
Goals from David Silva and Fernandinho had put City in control at the break but Burnley produced a spirited second half performance to come back and were good value for a draw
The Eagles, who are just one point above the bottom-three, certainly didn’t roll over at the Etihad Stadium and impressed with a familiarly stubborn performance