Football News : Manchester City finally look like title contenders as they beat Aston Villa 2-0 - Guardiola

Manchester City sealed a 2-0 victory against Aston Villa on Wednesday that extended their Premier League winning run to six matches and put them top of the table - for the time being at least. Bernardo Silva scored first with a contentious goal that saw Villa manager Dean Smith sent off for protesting. Rodri was returning from an offside position when he dispossessed Villa defender Tyrone Mings before releasing Silva. No offside was given, though, with the officials seemingly feeling a new phase of play had started when Mings controlled the ball on his chest before being picked off by Rodri. Ilkay Gundogan wrapped up the win in the 90th minute by converting a spot-kick after Matty Cash raised his hand to block a goalbound header from Gabriel Jesus.