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MANCHESTER City boss Manuel Pellegrini received a double boost after watching his side come from behind to beat Sunderland 4–1 at the Stadium of Light on last night.

Pellegrini believes his side’s performance proved they were back to the form which swept them to their second title last season.

There was more good news that captain Vincent Kompany is on the road to recovery. Kompany missed the Sunderland clash with a hamstring strain and will also be out of the side for the weekend game against Everton. But Pellegrini hopes he could be back for next week’s crucial Champions League clash with Roma.

“Vincent is improving and maybe it is not such a serious injury as we thought at the beginning — but he needs to see the whole week and we will see what happens with him,” the Chilean said.

Pellegrini watched his side hit back from conceding an early opener to Connor Wickham as the hosts looked to make it five straight home wins over City in the top flight.

Wickham’s effort — a fortunate deflection off an attempted clearance by Pablo Zabaleta — came after Jack Rodwell had already come close to giving the Black Cats the lead.

But City swarmed back with the imperious Sergio Aguero hitting his 18th goal of the season in stunning style two minutes later before setting up City’s second for Stevan Jovetic.

Zabaleta added City’s third after the break before Aguero rounded off another brilliant display with a fine individual goal to ensure City stay six points behind Chelsea in the title race.