Yaya Toure was given the captain's armband and bigged up by manager Manuel Pellegrini but lasted only 45 minutes with his replacement Fernandinho becoming the Manchester City hero with a last-minute winner.
The amount of jumping and hugging on the City bench to the goal was instructive. Having seen a 2-0 lead pegged back by Aston Villa, there was an almighty celebration as the Brazilian took Aleksandar Kolarov's corner on his chest and acrobatically volleyed into the roof of the net.
Villa were left cursing a marginal offside flag against Christian Benteke when the score had been 2-2 and he was challenged by Joe Hart.
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