It was a largely unremarkable first half until the 32nd minute when City playmaker Kevin de Bruyne raced away down the right flank after the ball had been played into his path by Sergio Aguero
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Last week’s 3-0 win at Olympiacos put Arsenal through the group stage for the 16th year in a row, but they finished second behind Bayern Munich and were duly punished with a last-16 tie against favourites for the crown and defending champions Barcelona
The 18-year-old made his first-team debut for his Championship club in early November and has scored three times in all competitions this season
The Swans have nosedived towards the relegation zone following a poor run of form, which ultimately cost Garry Monk his job at the Liberty Stadium just ahead of this daunting trip north
Jose Mourinho’s struggling Chelsea received a bit of a break — a home tie against the winners of a replay between League One’s Scunthorpe and League Two’s Leyton Orient
Southampton failed to respond to their opponents’ opener and conceded a second goal on 20 minutes through Fabian Delph, who found the net from the edge of the penalty area via a Virgil van Dijk deflection
They remain favourites for the Premier League trophy, but last Saturday’s humbling at the hands of Liverpool was a painful reminder that it will be anything but a smooth ride for Manchester City if they are to win their third league title come May
What a difference a year makes for Manuel Pellegrini and co, who were eight points behind eventual Premier League champions, Chelsea, this time 12 months ago. Nowadays, it is Manchester City at the summit and their chances of a third league title look very good
He has also seen how fellow Nigerian youngster, 19-year-old Kelechi Iheanacho, has made an impressive first-team breakthrough at the Etihad Stadium this season
Bony twice missed chances to double the Citizens’ lead in the first half, before Kevin De Bruyne picked up a pass across goal from Iheanacho to fire into the bottom corner of the net for City’s second goal
Bournemouth were dealt a blow shortly before kickoff when first-choice keeper Artur Boruc pulled up, resulting in summer signing Adam Federici coming in for his first league appearance
Gladbach had the opportunity to take the lead from the penalty spot in the 25th minute when Raffael was felled in the area by Argentine Read defender, Martin Demichelis
Yannick Bolasie, starting up front for Alan Pardew’s side, fired over bar inside the first minute, but City flashed warning signs when Wilfried Bony’s header needed a good save from Alex McCarthy, and the goalkeeper then had to pull off a superb stop to prevent Samir Nasri opening the scoring after the Frenchman was sent through on goal
A 2-1 defeat at Palace was key in City surrendering the title to Chelsea last term, with Pellegrini’s men this time around facing a number of injury problems.
Kone was involved again as he set up Romelu Lukaku’s opener, before a second goal of the season for Ross Barkley and another for Lukaku set the seal on a fine afternoon on the South Coast
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