MANCHESTER CITY KEPT pace with leaders Chelsea after a 4-1 success at Sunderland in the Premier League this evening.
Manuel Pellegrini’s City had lost 1-0 on their previous four visits to Sunderland, but they ended the sequence thanks in no small part to a brace from in-form striker Sergio Aguero.
Captain Vincent Kompany’s hamstring injury and Eliaquim Mangala’s suspension saw City line up with Dedryck Boyata at centre-back, and they fell behind in the 19th minute when Connor Wickham got ahead of Pablo Zabaleta to score.
But Aguero equalised two minutes later, effortlessly slipping past a defender and crashing home a ferocious shot from just inside the box.
Aguero’s astute lay-off allowed Stevan Jovetic to make it 2-1 in the 39th minute and after Samir Nasri had teed up Zabaleta to chip Costel Pantilimon 10 minutes into the second half, Aguero claimed his second.
The Argentina international neatly converted James Milner’s cross in the 71st minute to register his 14th goal of the season and confirm his status as the league’s most dangerous player.
