Premier League round-up: Manchester City thrash Leicester thanks to Sergio Aguero
February 11 2018, 04:55Football
Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero celebrates
Review and updated odds from Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Sergio Aguero scored four goals as Premier League leaders Manchester City - Sky Bet's 1/250 title favourites - showed Riyad Mahrez what he is missing in a 5-1 thrashing of Leicester.
Mahrez returned as a substitute for the Foxes after more than a week in self-imposed exile following the collapse of a move to the Etihad Stadium, but he could do little to stop Pep Guardiola's rampant side.
Aguero scored all his goals in the second half, propelling City to a 16-point lead at the top of the table after Jamie Vardy had cancelled out Raheem Sterling's early opener.
Sky Bet offered Aguero at as big as 40/1 in their in-play odds on Saturday evening.
There was also a 125/1 RequestABet winner with the online bookmaker...
Sterling to score, Aguero to score 2+ goals and Maguire & Ndidi to be carded
Premier League top goalscorers
Harry Kane - 23 goals (4/9 favourite with Sky Bet to finish season as top scorer)
Mohamed Salah - 21 goals (5/1 with Sky Bet)
Sergio Aguero - 21 goals (4/1 with Sky Bet)
Aguero's price has shortened from 8/1 before his hat-trick against Newcastle on January 20. The Manchester City striker has scored eight goals in his last four Premier League games.
Odds correct at 2025 GMT on 10/02/18.
Tottenham climbed to third after Harry Kane scored a second-half winner to settle the north London derby against Arsenal.
With top-four rivals Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea not playing until after Saturday, Spurs took full advantage as top-scorer Kane nodded in his 32nd goal of the season from Ben Davies' cross to secure a deserved 1-0 Wembley victory.
Dele Alli and Harry Kane celebrate
The sixth-placed Gunners had little response to going behind and could have lost by a bigger margin, although substitute Alexandre Lacazette wasted a glorious late chance to snatch a point in front of a record Premier League crowd of 83,222.
Kane's goal was his seventh in eight games against Arsenal and leaves Arsene Wenger's men six points adrift of the Champions League spots following their third successive away loss.
Tottenham are odds-on at 2/7 for a top-four finish with Sky Bet and Arsenal are all the way out at 12/1.
At the bottom end of the standings, Charlie Adam missed a last-minute penalty as Stokedropped two precious points in a dramatic 1-1 draw with relegation rivals Brighton.
Substitute Adam had only been on the pitch for around 10 minutes when his spot-kick was superbly saved by Albion goalkeeper Mat Ryan before the rebound was somehow cleared by Lewis Dunk.
The Seagulls had taken a first-half lead through a clinical finish from Colombia winger Jose Izquierdo before the 18th-placed Potters, who remain in the bottom three on goal difference, levelled through a curling effort from Switzerland international Xherdan Shaqiri 22 minutes from time.
There was also late drama at the Liberty Stadium where Ki Sung-yueng struck the winner as Swansea continued their resurgence under Carlos Carvalhal by beating out-of-form Burnley 1-0.
Ki Sung-yueng enjoys Swansea's winner
The Swans, who are now five league games unbeaten under Carvalhal, looked like they would have to settle for a point until South Korea midfielder Ki drove home his first goal since May 2016 from the edge of the box with nine minutes to go to boost their survival hopes.
Defeat for Sean Dyche's Clarets leaves them 10 games without a league victory, although they stay seventh.
Crystal Palace remain in danger after they lost 3-1 at mid-table Everton.
Toffees midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson broke the deadlock at Goodison Park with a deflected effort a minute into the second period before striker Oumar Niasse - who was given a retrospective two-match for diving when the clubs met at Selhurst Park earlier in the season - quickly headed a second.
Tom Davies added a third and, despite Luka Milivojevic reducing the deficit from the penalty spot following Ashley Williams' handball, Palace were unable to salvage anything, leaving them just two points above the bottom three.
Sky Bet's relegation odds
Huddersfield - 8/15
West Brom - 8/13
Stoke - 10/11
Newcastle - 15/8
Swansea - 15/8
Brighton - 3/1
Crystal Palace - 4/1
Odds correct at 1740 GMT on 10/02/18.
West Ham moved level on points with 11th-placed Watford by beating the Hornets 2-0 at the London Stadium.
Javier Hernandez's seventh goal of the season put the Hammers on course for victory before Marko Arnautovic sealed the three points in the second half.
Marko Arnautovic celebrates
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