How good will this man go on to be for Manchester City?

Leroy Sane is still only 21. 

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Sergio Aguero has been involved in seven goals in his last five Premier League appearances against Sunderland (five goals, two assists). In all competitions, the Argentine striker has scored in each of his last four games at the Stadium of Light (five goals).

Pat Nevin
Ex-Chelsea winger on BBC Radio 5 live

There was such a deftness about that flick by Aguero. There are only a certain amount of players able to do that. Real quality.

Sergio Aguero weaves in from the left, his pass is fired in by David Silva but the whistle had long since gone - Raheem Sterling was offside in the middle. 

Pat Nevin
Ex-Chelsea winger on BBC Radio 5 live

That is the simplest bit of tactics - get the ball to Sterling, zip it in and the touch by Aguero was delightful. 

To be honest, City have been a long way away from their best but they have so many brilliant players, they just need one of them to have a moment but two of them had a moment there.

If only that Jermain Defoe shot had hit the net, and not the post...

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He always scores against Sunderland, and Sergio Aguero does it again to clip Manchester City into the lead! Yaya Toure stretches to cut out a poor pass out from keeper Willy Caballero, and then powers up the field to create the opener.

It goes out wide to Raheem Sterling, his low cross is deflected, Aguero is onside and just nudges it past Jordan Pickford. 

Pat Nevin
Ex-Chelsea winger on BBC Radio 5 live

Sunderland are continuously dangerous down that right hand side. Manchester City fans must be getting very worried. If I was Jermain Defoe I would be thinking 'Billy Jones is on it today, I must link up with him'.

Manchester City's defensive demons raise their heads once more as again Billy Jones goes close from a corner! He is free to meet the cross from the left and squeezes an effort wide. 

Sunderland have barely had possession but could easily be ahead. 

Pat Nevin
Ex-Chelsea winger on BBC Radio 5 live

There was no reason why he didn't just pass that. No need to zip it. But we are getting chances now.  

Sule: Sunderland are not playing like a team who's fighting relagation. They been excellent in this half.   

City so close to the opener! Yaya Toure pings a first-time pass into the feet of Leroy Sane, who skips past Billy Jones so easily and flashes the ball across. David Silva is on the slide and he can't quite reach the ball enough to guide it home.

If he was 6ft instead of 5ft 7ins, that's 1-0. Brilliant from Sane though. 

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Sunderland eventually break out and win a corner, which is headed down and on target by Billy Jones. It's an easy save for Willy Caballero but that's both of the best two chances which have gone the way of the hosts. 

Pat Nevin
Ex-Chelsea winger on BBC Radio 5 live

I think Sunderland will be quite pleased. Slowly but surely they have been getting more and more into the game and their gameplan seems to be coming off. The problem is City have so many special players it only takes one moment of magic from any one of them.

You could hear a pint drop inside the Stadium of Light as the City midfield share the ball around equally in the middle third. If this is David Moyes' game plan you could argue that it's working but it looks to be a one-way street.

Yaya Toure then plays a peach of a pass to find Raheem Sterling inside the area - but he's offside. 

Sunderland commit bodies forwards for the first time, and it almost costs them as City break three on three. John O'Shea takes the law into his own hands and pulls Sergio Aguero back. 

BOOKED. 

It has gone ominously quiet inside the Stadium of Light as the men in blue just keep and keep the ball.

If this pattern keeps up it could be a long hour to come for Sunderland - though they have come closest to scoring of course. 

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City paint a pretty picture right across the edge of the penalty area from left to right, all one-touch triangles but again, there's no shot to worry Jordan Pickford at the end of it as Bryan Oviedo defends manfully at the far post to shut out Raheem Sterling. 

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