Riyad Mahrez put in a man of the match performance and bagged three goals for his efforts as Manchester City thrashed Burnley 5-0 in their finest performance of the season so far.
The Algerian slotted home in the sixth minute as the Citizens took the lead from a flowing move as woeful Burnley suffered their fourth successive 5-0 defeat at the Etihad.
Midway through the half, Mahrez netted his second, taking advantage of a poorly-defended throw-in. Benjamin Mendy struck City’s third and his first Premier League goal shortly before the interval.
Ferran Torres fired in the 4th goal for Manchester City from close-range before Mahrez completed his hat-trick with a header from Phil Foden’s cross.
City finally moved into the top half of the Premier League and back within three points of Chelsea in third with the win, while Burnley are five points off Brighton, the next team ahead of them, and remain 17th.
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Stats and facts from the match (Backed by Opta)
- Manchester City have won their last seven meetings with Burnley in all competitions by an aggregate score of 28-1.
- Burnley have lost seven of their last 10 Premier League games (W1 D2), after losing just one of their 15 before that (W8 D6).
- Manchester City are only the second side in Football League history to win four successive home games by 5+ goals against a single opponent in all competitions, after Notts County v Port Vale between October 1893 and February 1907.
- Burnley have suffered six league defeats this season, losing more of their opening nine games of a top-flight campaign only once before, in 1888-89 (seven).
- Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez has scored seven goals in his last four Premier League appearances against Burnley, netting more goals against the Clarets (8) in the competition than against any other side.
- Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez has registered 102 goal involvements in the Premier League (61 goals, 41 assists), the sixth African player to hit triple figures (Drogba 159, Adebayor 133, Yakubu 121, Mané 118, Salah 113).
Other Matchday 10 Nov 28 results
- Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Liverpool
- Manchester City 5-0 Burnley
- Everton 0-1 Leeds United
- West Brom 1-0 Sheffield United
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