Manchester City 2 Burnley 1: WATCH HIGHLIGHTS – Sergio Aguero responds to being dropped by firing winning goal for ten-man City

SERGIO AGUERO came off the bench and responded to being dropped as he fired the winning goal for Manchester City against Burnley.

Aguero was axed in favour of Kalechi Icheanacho by Pep Guardiola - but was brought on for the second half and scored the crucial second goal for ten-man City.

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Sergio Aguero fires home from a narrow angle to put City two-up against Burnley

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Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho was sent off after half an hour for a two-footed tackle, but Guardiola went on the attack after the break and was rewarded when Gael Clichy opened the scoring,

Aguero then put City two-up before another blunder from hapless keeper Claudio Bravo gifted Ben Mee a goal and a way back into the game.

But City held out to secure a much-needed three points that lifted them back up to third in the Premier League.

FACTS, STATS, GOALS AND LOLS

• The players emerged from a different tunnel in the corner at the start of the game - City are making a new glass tunnel down the middle so punters can see what is going on in there.
• City are unbeaten in their last 28 Premier League games against newly-promoted sides - winning 25 and drawing three.
• In the 8 full seasons the Arabs have been in charge, City have never been lower or further from the top of the table at the halfway stage than they are now.

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• However Burnley had not lost any of their Premier League games here - drawing both of them.
• The Clarets away form is the worst in the league this season though - just one point so far - which came across town at Old Trafford in October.
• That's three sendings off in the space of six weeks for Fernandinho - one of them retrospective - across two different competitions. His challenge on Gudmundsson was reckless.
• Guardiola reacted by whipping off his bench jacket and hurling it to the floor - the Catalan looks like he is starting to feel the heat.

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• Lee Mason was at the centre of controversy across town at Old Trafford on Saturday when he disallowed a goal from Ibrahimovic - now he's upset the other lot as well.
• That's seven red cards for City this season in all competitions - they won't win anything unless they can keep 10 men on the park more often.
• Guardiola had sprung a surprise by leaving David Silva and Sergio Aguero on the bench - they were both back on at the break with City in big trouble.
• Gael Clichy doesn't get many goals - he gets even fewer with his right peg - but what a big one that could be for Pep Guardiola and City.
• Aguero's goal puts him level with Colin Bell into joint third on City's all-time list of goalscorers with 153.
• Ben Mee - who will be credited with Burnley's first goal - was on the books here at City as a kid so that will have been a nice moment for him.

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