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		</div><p><b>Man City 2 Leicester 1</b></p>
<p>Riyad Mahrez&#8217;s penalty slip ensured Manchester City did not take a tumble of their own in the Champions League race, moving third with a 2-1 win over Leicester at the Etihad Stadium.</p>
<p>On the fifth anniversary of their first Premier League title win their 2012 hero Sergio Aguero was restricted to a late cameo but a penalty from his heir apparent, Gabriel Jesus, and David Silva&#8217;s opener left City with the points.</p>
<p>Shinji Okazaki gave the Foxes hope with a stunning volley before half-time but when Mahrez had the chance to level from the spot 13 minutes from time, he lost his footing and touched the ball into his standing leg.</p>
<p>The effort somehow still ended up in the top corner but referee Robert Madley spotted the infringement and chalked off what would have been a fitting reward for Leicester&#8217;s unexpected comeback.</p>
<p>Instead City finally put away their bogey side, who have taken seven points from the the last three games between these sides, including December&#8217;s 4-2 thrashing at the King Power Stadium.</p>
<p>City hogged possession from the first whistle but the best early chances came from corners at either end, Fernandinho and Wilfred Ndidi both misplacing headers from good positions.</p>
<p>Leroy Sane was next to spurn a clear sight of goal, dragging wide from six yards after Ndidi&#8217;s poor clearance. That was virtually the on blemish on the German&#8217;s first-half display, as he menaced Danny Simpson with a kinetic performance on the left wing.</p>
<p>Sane was a fitting creator for City&#8217;s 29th-minute opener, though his fine take down and cross would not have been possible without a wonderful cross-field ball from Fernandinho.</p>
<p>Silva arrived to sweep home City&#8217;s first for the second match in a row, with Leicester appealing without success for an offside flag against Raheem Sterling.<br />
The England winger had flung a boot at Silva&#8217;s shot without making apparent contact.</p>
<p>City&#8217;s second came seven minutes later, Sane&#8217;s quick feet taking him into the box where he was taken out in comprehensive fashion by Yohan Benalouane. In Aguero&#8217;s absence Jesus stepped up, slotting home after a gentle approach for his fifth City goal.</p>
<p>Leicester might have hunkered down for half-time but instead conjured a remarkable response, Okazaki rifling his unstoppable tumbling volley past Willy Caballero after Marc Albrighton&#8217;s cross. After 23 games without a goal, it was almost worth the wait.</p>
<p>Leicester were buoyant after the break, creating quick counters through Jamie Vardy, Okazaki and Ben Chilwell as the City swagger evaporated.</p>
<p>Suddenly things became more physical, Albrighton left with vivid black eye after an unintentional elbow from Fernandinho and Jesus floored in an aerial duel with Christian Fuchs.</p>
<p>By the time Gael Clichy needlessly floored Mahrez on the edge of the box, the visitors were well worth their shot at an equaliser.</p>
<p>They were one good connection away but Mahrez could not hold his footing and neither Caballero nor Madley missed the double contact.</p>
<p>Aguero had 12 minutes &#8211; plus seven for stoppages &#8211; to mark City&#8217;s famous date in style but the suspicion remains that Pep Guardiola sees the Argentinean as part of the club&#8217;s past rather than a central figure of the future.</p>
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