Man City routs Norwich 5-1 in Premier League

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Man City routs Norwich 5-1 in Premier League

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Manchester City maintained its dominant start to the Premier League season with 5-1 rout of Norwich.

04 December,2011 04:17 am

Sergio Aguero, Samir Nasri and Yaya Toure had put the league leaders comfortably ahead 3-0 by the 68th minute, before Steve Morison pulled one back with 10 minutes remaining.Mario Balotelli and Adam Johnson then added goals in the final minutes as Roberto Mancinis team recorded its 12th victory in 14 league matches.The visitors resistance was broken at the Etihad Stadium when Aguero prodded in his 11th goal in 13 league starts with just over half an hour gone.Nasri produced one of his best performances since joining City from Arsenal in the offseason and added the second when Norwich goalkeeper John Ruddy somehow allowed the Frenchmans free kick to beat him.Toure added a third midway through the second half when his curling shot from the edge of the area found the corner of Ruddys goal.Balotelli scored from close range before Johnson added a fifth in stoppage time.City has now scored 48 goals in 14 league games.City assistant coach David Platt said his team was rewarded for its patience.It was just a matter of moving the ball ... it was going to open up by a little bit of brilliance, Platt said. The goals are irrelevant as long as we get the points and keep getting them.Norwich had come to defend in the hope that they could create something on the break and they came close to making that work in the early stages.