Jordan present as Aston Villa clobbered 4-0 by Man City

Both the teams are from the Barclay premier league but they have a huge gap in between them when it comes to the points tally.

Iheanacho opened the scoring within four minutes of the first half, finishing from close range.

And the striker was on target again 20 minutes later when Raheem Sterling was felled inside the area by Leandro Bacuna and he converted from the penalty spot. Manuel Pellegrini will know that he is unlikely to be at the club next year with Pep Guardiola being heavily linked to the Etihad, and will be eager to complete his final season at the club with as many trophies as possible.

Delph could be called upon more by Pellegrini as City prepare for their title run-in and, as much as his former fans might hate to admit it, he looked at home in the heart of the visitors at Villa Park.

Garde is right to not want to single out individuals – the Villa players have tended to take it in turns to make mistakes this season – but Idrissa Gana will want to avoid the “lowlights” from today’s match. Remi Garde had pointed out in the match programme that City were his first opponents as Villa manager, and on that day, back in November, the relegation strugglers had been greatly encouraged by a fighting 0-0 draw in a game they were expected to lose.

At the final whistle, Manchester City were through to the fifth-round of the F.A. Cup after a dominating performance away from home.

Liverpool are in action later on Saturday when they host West Ham United, who have beaten them twice in the league this season.

Regardless of whether or not you believe Agbonlahor still has something to offer, Garde would surely not have reached out for a player he cut adrift because of a poor attitude just weeks ago, had he any other choice.

Pellegrini seemingly loves to play up to his killjoy image and has frequently insisted the quadruple is “unrealistic”, but City supporters will continue to dream.

“I think so”, said the Frenchman, when asked if the forward would still be at the club next week.

Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino hailed Dele Alli’s “amazing” goal after the midfielder inspired Tottenham to a 3-1 victory at Crystal Palace to maintain their Premier League challenge going this season.

Burnley visit the Emirates six days after Diego Costa’s match-winning goal prevented the Gunners returning to the top of the Premier League. It at least showed a bit of spirit from Villa, who struggled to maintain their recent improvement which had seen them unbeaten in their previous five games.

“It’s important to get an early goal”.