Manchester City rekindled their title hopes after they demolished Newcastle United 5-0 at the Etihad this evening.
The Citizens raced into the lead as early as the 28 secondwhen striker Edin Dzeko was brought down by Vurnon Anita inside the 18-yard box and Sergio ‘Kun’ Aguero successfully netted his 17th goal of the season from the penalty spot.
That opened the flood-gates as City ran riots with two moregoals before 30 minutes – Samir Nasri kept his cool inside the area to finish past Tim Krul on 12 minutes and back to form Dzeko powered in the third on 21 minutes.
Newcastle United started the second half looking to reduce the deficit as Pappis Cisse went close with a left foot volley from the edge of the box but his effort was saved by Joe Hart in goal for Manchester City.
And at the other end, David Silva got a quick brace -€“ first he finished off a fine team move on 51 minutes and two minutes later he blasted a shot in from the edge of the box off a chest-controlled pass by Aguero.
The returning Yaya Toure wasimpressive in midfield and was joined on the pitch by hisIvorian colleague and City’™s new signing Wilfred Bony to the warm applaud of the Etihad crowd but he was denied a goal by Tim Krul when the Dutch keeper saved his shot on 76 minutes.
At 5-0 City just played with a relaxed swagger as they entertained the roaring crowd but the biggest joy for the Manuel Pellegrini side is the dropped points by title rivals Chelsea who played out a 1-1 draw against Burnley earlier inthe day.