Manchester City's Emmanuel Adebayor celebrates scoring against Aston Villa
Manchester City ensured a winner-takes-all midweek showdown with Tottenham after finishing off the Champions League hopes of another of their rivals at Eastlands.
Carlos Tevez’s penalty and a smart finish from Emmanuel Adebayor gave City the upper hand against a tired-looking Aston Villa side before Craig Bellamy applied a late coup de grace.
The victory sets up a mouth-watering encounter with Tottenham at Eastlands on Wednesday night – the London side are just a point ahead in fourth place in the race for Champions League football.
Villa’s own hopes of joining the elite in Europe, rekindled by a superb run in April, had been raised when John Carew scored first but their challenge died out as City, brilliantly marshalled by Patrick Vieira, dominated.
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