City go third in league

Manchester City moved into third place in the Premier League with a 5-0 demolition of Sunderland at Eastlands on Sunday.

Roberto Mancini's side killed off the Black Cats with goals from Adam Johnson and Carlos Tevez in the first 15 minutes before David Silva, Patrick Vieira and Yaya Toure netted in the second half.

City's biggest league win of the season lifted them one point ahead of fourth placed Chelsea and six in front of Tottenham in fifth spot, leaving Mancini's men in good shape in the race to qualify for next season's Champions League.

In stark contrast, mid-table Sunderland have now lost six of their last seven matches.

Johnson opened the scoring with a fine finish in the ninth minute and skipper Tevez struck from the penalty spot after the Argentina forward was fouled by Phil Bardsley six minutes later.

Spain winger Silva got the third with a close-range effort after Mario Balotelli's shot was blocked in the 63rd minute.

City substitute Vieira slid in to convert an Aleksander Kolarov cross for the fourth in the 67th minute before Toure intercepted Lee Cattermole's woeful pass and clipped his shot past Simon Mignolet in the 73rd minute.

Carlos Tevez

Adam Johnson

David Silva

Yaya Toure

Fulham forward Bobby Zamora plunged Blackpool further into the relegation mire as his double-strike inspired a 3-0 win at Craven Cottage on Sunday.

Zamora scored twice in the space of five minutes midway through the first half and Dickson Etuhu struck after the interval to lift Fulham into mid-table and leave Blackpool just one point and one place above the relegation zone with seven games to play.

Bobby Zamora