This was an excellent City team performance and an easy win against a poor Stoke side that could only manage to test Joe Hart once during the 90 minutes. City dominated possession especially in the first half and might have had a few more goals but it was left to Zabaleta to finish off an attack just before the interval. It was his second this season and is in such good form that Richards will have difficulty in getting his place back. Lescott brought back to counter the Stoke height problem at corners did make one dodgy back pass to Hart early on but like Kompany who was able to make the odd foray into the final third did not have a great deal to do as Stoke often had ten men behind the ball. Barry and Milner worked really hard while Yaya Toure in his last League game before the Africa Cup had a better game Aguero and Dzeko played well together and both scored. However Aguero went off with an injury that might keep him off the pitch for a week or so. David Silva was once again our inspiration up front. Just wish he could score goals like Messi!