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It took half an hour for Mancini’s men to strike, but when they did it was memorable from Aguero. He seemingly had nowhere to go with his back to goal inside the area, surrounded by defenders, but after jinking right and then left he finally settled for a cheeky toe-poke to find the back of the net.
Manchester United battled to a 1-0 triumph in a forgettable clash against Aston Villa at Villa Park. The first goal of Phil Jones’ club career gave Manchester United victory, the England international steering a six-yard volley past Shay Given after meeting Nani’s delicate cross on 19 minutes.

United’s victory was tempered by a serious-looking ankle injury to Javier Hernandez, who was forced out of the action in the first half. Villa also suffered injury woe, with Shay Given and Jermaine Jenas both being carried off.

Andre Villas-Boas’ Chelsea side rode their luck as they earned an important 3-0 victory at Newcastle in which Frank Lampard missed a penalty for the visitors. Goals from Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou and Daniel Sturridge mean the Blues will finish the day fourth in the Premier League table.
Villas-Boas kept faith with a largely unchanged team from the one that easily dismissed Wolves a week ago, and that meant another day in the spotlight for David Luiz, who was fortunate to avoid a red card after only five minutes for dragging down Demba Ba. Referee Mike Dean was at the centre of all the action in the opening 15 minutes, pointing to the spot for a Chelsea penalty when Sturridge was tripped by Yohan Cabaye, but Frank Lampard’s soft effort was tipped onto a post by Tim Krul.

Tottenham continued their fine season as they comfortably despatched ten-man Bolton 3-0 at White Hart Lane. Goals from Gareth Bale, Aaron Lennon and Jermain Defoe did the damage for Harry Redknapp’s men.

Spurs needed just six minutes to make a breakthrough, Bale flicking home at the near post from a corner.
Bolton were then reduced to ten men for the second game running when Gary Cahill was dismissed for a professional foul, even though Scott Parker was about 40 yards from goal.
Arsenal are up to fifth after they defeated Wigan 4-0 at the DW Stadium. The Gunners triumphed through strikes from Mikel Arteta, Thomas Vermaelen, Gervinho and Robin van Persie.

Arsene Wenger’s side were grateful to a piece of poor goalkeeping from Ali Al-Habsi as Arteta handed them a first-half lead, the Wigan goalkeeper failing to deal with a swerving but saveable effort. Within seconds it was 2-0, Vermaelen rising to head home at a corner as Wigan left the post unguarded.
At the bottom, Blackburn finally earned a morale-boosting victory as they beat Swansea 4-2 at Ewood Park. Rovers move off the bottom of table up to 18th thanks to four goals from Yakubu.—Soccernet.