Manchester City 4-0 Aston Villa: Serfio Aguero strikes twice

Manchester City kept their title hopes alive by defeating Aston Villa by scoring four goals and end the run of three straight Premier League defeats.

The bottom side Villa kept City them at bay for 48th minute when Yaya Toure turned home David Silva's pass.

Serfio Aguero scored two goals and missed a penalty as Manchester City used a dominant second-half performance to thrash last place Aston Villa by 4-0 and revive the title chellange on Sunday.

All the goals came after the halftime, as Villa imploded at Etihad Stadium to slip closer to relegation with 19th loss in their 29 games this season.

Yaya Toure's deflected shot gave City the lead in 48th minute before Aguero scored in the 50th whe Richard's attempted clearance ricocheted in off the striker. Aguero exchanged his passed with Silva to Volly in for 3-0 in 60th and Sterling converted Jesus Navas' cross in the 66th for the fourth goal.

Aguero was denied a hat-trick after striking on 73rd minute penalty against the post.