City hammer doomed Villa

Sergio Aguero scored twice as Manchester City revived their faltering EPL title challenge with a thumping 4-0 home win over bottom club Aston Villa on Saturday.

Yaya Toure opened the floodgates at the start of the second half when his side-footed effort deflected in off Micah Richards.

Two minutes later, Aguero charged down Richards' clearance and watched on as the ball looped over the advancing Brad Guzan.

The Argentine added a third with a low shot in the 60th minute following David Silva's beautifully chipped pass.

Substitute Raheem Sterling made it 4-0 with a back-post tap-in six minutes later, before Aguero missed the chance of a hat-trick when his 73rd-minute penalty hit the post after Ciaran Clark had tripped Kelechi Iheanacho.