Manchester City 3-0 Aston Villa: Pep's team keep pressure on Liverpool
Sterling, Silva and Gundogan got the goals in a routine City win
Manchester City eased to a 3-0 win over Aston Villa on Saturday to move within three points of Premier League leaders Liverpool, who host Tottenham on Sunday.
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LINE UP
Manchester City
Ederson; Cancelo, Stones, Fernandinho, Mendy (Angeliño M.72); Gundogan, De Bruyne (Foden M.75), David Silva; Bernardo, Gabriel Jesus, Sterling (Agüero M.75).
Aston Villa
Heaton; Guilbert, Engels, Mings, Targett; Nakamba, Douglas Luiz, McGinn; Trezeguet, Wesley (Davies M.70), Grealish (El Ghazi M.84).
Goles
1-0 Sterling M.46, 2-0 De Bruyne M.65; 3-0 Gündogan M.70.
Árbitro
Graham Scott. TA: Fernandinho (2, vio TR en el 84¿)/ Grealish
Estadio
Etihad Stadium
Pep Guardiola's side struggled to get going but eventually broke the deadlock when Raheem Sterling scored in the first minute of the second half.
Villa had done well until that point but they were unable to live with City from there. David Silva added the second, getting a touch on a Kevin de Bruyne effort after good work from Benjamin Mendy.
Ilkay Gundogan completed the scoring in the 70th minute for City, who saw Fernandinho sent off in the 87th minute.
