Yaya Toure's exceptional performance earns City a big win

Yaya Toure  scored Man City's second goal in the 3-0 win over Liverpool

Manchester City went further clear at the top of the table after beating Liverpool 3-0 on Tuesday.

An early goal from Sergio Agüero upset Liverpool's plans. Milner robbed Kuyt deep in Liverpool territory and passed the ball through to Aguero who scored from the edge of the box striking to the bottom left corner of the goal.

Yaya Touré outjumped Glen Johnson at a David Silva corner to head in at the near post from six yards, in the 33rd minute.

Milner scored the third goal on 75th minute through penalty, sending the keeper the wrong way. The penalty was awarded for a foul by Martin Skrtel on Yaya Toure after Gareth Barry (Liverpool) was sent out for unfair challenge on Daniel Agger.

City manager Roberto Mancini hailed Yaya's impact who will leave  to play for Ivory Coast in Africa Cup of Nations in January after the FA Cup tie with Manchester United.

"I have tried to find another Yaya in my squad, but there isn’t another Yaya," he said.

"He will play against United on Sunday and then he will join the Ivory Coast.

"January is a big month for us and I think if we can come out on the top of the Premier League, I think we will have a very good chance to win (the title).

"But without Yaya and Kolo for several weeks, it will be hard."

Mancini said he was delighted with Tuesday's win and also deserved to win against Sunderland.

"I was very happy with the way we played against Liverpool. We deserved to win, but we also deserved to win against Sunderland, where we played very well, too – sometimes football is crazy!"