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Aguero marked his 100th Barclays Premier League appearance with two assists as City edged past Southampton with a comfortable 3-0 victory.Barring Mangala’s red-card and Kompany injury scare at the near end, City had a good day in office with Yaya, Lampard and Gael Clichy finding themselves on the scoring sheet.
The result moves Manchester city to second spot with 27 points,six points adrift of Chelsea who sit on top with 33 points.
The match started at a slow pace as both the teams were unable to find the net in the first half thanks to the tight defensive line of the Southampton which kept the Champions at bay.
Southampton 0-1 Manchester City: Yaya Toure (51’):The deadlock was broken in the 51st minute as Aguero cut back for Yaya whose shot from the edge of the post took a slight deflection of Alderweireld & went past Forster, much to his dismay.
The Saints had very little to offer as City kept on making a plethora of chances.Aguero came close in the 70th minute with only Forster to beat, however the Argentinian surprisingly blazed it over the cross-bar.
Southampton’s best chance arrived in the 74th minute when a yellow-card assured challenge from Mangala just outside the penalty box awarded them a free-kick but all in vain.
Southampton 0-2 Manchester City: Frank Lampard (80’):Frank Lampard made it 2-0 in the 80th minute as the veteran picked out by Milner unleashed a ferocious shot into the right bottom corner of the net.
Southampton 0-3 Manchester City: Gael Clichy (88’):Clichy summed up the victory for the champions when Aguero squared the ball to be blasted by him into the net.
Despite his absence from the scoring sheet, Aguero played a stirring role in the match.
A miraculous win against Bayern in mid-week has surely boosted the confidence of the Champions and it was evident in their performance.With Chelsea playing a frustrating draw against Sunderland, this seems to be the best chance to build a momentum & catch up with the table-toppers.
