Manchester City beat Sunderland, return to EPL top 3

Fast forward seven months and the Black Cats find themselves in a desperate situation, rock bottom of the Premier League and in need of points.

Goals in each half from Sergio Aguero and Leroy Sane were enough to secure another win but Guardiola conceded the team he took over last summer can not catch Chelsea.

Pep Guardiola is refusing to answer questions over the future of Sergio Aguero after insisting he is happy with Manchester City.

The Citizens have found some consistency since the start of last month, winning five top-flight games on the spin to emerge as the Blues’ biggest threat. I’m still not sure if we played 4-4-2, 4-5-1 or 4-3-3 as the players seemed to move between positions.

“We are in March and April, with every game if you win you stay, if you lose, then you’re out”.

Opposite number David Moyes was encouraged by Sunderland’s first-half display, but knows they are deep in trouble with six points now separating them from safety.

David Moyes’ side had lost back-to-back league fixtures and needed some positive results to help get them out of trouble.

“The players have had the experience of surviving before, so hopefully we can.

At the end of the season I wouldn’t be surprised if he wasn’t at Man City”, he said.

The win leaves them eight points adrift of leaders Chelsea ahead of Wednesday night’s home clash with Stoke.

“But what you don’t notice so much is the amount of work, they put into the game to get the ball back”.

“I thought the players gave it a go and I have told them that, to remain positive and they are”.

‘But he’s just 21 years old, so the gap to become a really good player is still so big. Control is one thing but we forgot to attack.