With a 2-0 victory over Brentford, City has returned to winning ways in the league.
After Rasmussen clipped Sterling, Mahrez curled in a stunning spot-kick to put them ahead in the first half.
City dominated the second half as well and was rewarded for their efforts.
De Bruyne was on hand to bury the rebound after Raya sliced a clearance at Sterling and saved his attempt.
Rodri almost rounded it off in style with a long-range effort, but Raya denied him.
Starting Lineup:
MANCHESTER CITY STARTING XI (4-3-3): Ederson;
Joao Cancelo, Ruben Dias, John Stones, Aymeric Laporte;
Bernardo Silva, Rodrigo, Kevin De Bruyne;
Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden, Raheem Sterling.
MANCHESTER CITY SUBS: Nathan Ake, Zack Steffen, James McAtee, Jack Grealish,
Liam Delap, Kyle Walker, Ilkay Gundogan, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Fernandinho.
BRENTFORD STARTING XI (3-5-2): David Raya;
Kristoffer Ayer, Pontus Jansson, Ethan Pinnock;
Mads Roerslev Rasmussen, Mathias Jensen, Christian Norgaard, Frank Ogochukwu Onyeka, Rico Henry;
Sergi Canos, Saman Ghoddos.
BRENTFORD SUBS: Shandon Baptiste, Alvaro Fernandez, Finley Stevensm Jonas Lossl,
Bryan Mbuemo, Mads Bech Sorensen, Josh Dasilva, Yoane Wissa.
Goals:
1-0. MAHREZ SCORES! It’s a significant penalty from Mahrez as he steps coolly up to the spot and curls it into the top-left corner. Raya dived the wrong way.
2-0. Raya sells Jensen shorts, and Sterling is alert to latch onto the loose pass. He takes the shot early, and the keeper does well to get down quickly and push it away. He dodges it straight to De Bruyne, though, and he makes no mistake as he slots it into the back of the empty net.
What lies ahead for Man City and Norwich?
Man City is unbeaten in 14 Premier League games and are 12 points clear of Liverpool at the top, at least until tomorrow when the Reds face Leicester City. Next up for them is a trip to Norwich City.
Brentford has lost their last five league games on the bounce, and they’ll be hoping to turn things around when they host Crystal Palace at the weekend.
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