Manchester City 3 - West Brom 1: Citizens stay in the hunt with victory over Baggies #CarryGobySeanKellz #FutureGroupNG via @i_amreginaldjr

MANCHESTER CITY kept their slim chances of overhauling Chelsea and Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table alive on Monday after beating West Brom 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium.

Martin Demichelis celebrates scoring City's third[GETTY]

The result means City now sit six points behind Liverpool with a game in hand and with the Reds still to host second-placed Chelsea this weekend.
The Citizens once again started brightly with Pablo Zabaleta opening the scoring in just the 2nd minute just as Fernandinho did against Sunderland last week.
But unlike City's stuttering performance against the Black Cats, Sergio Aguero doubled the hosts' lead in the 10th minute.
Graham Dorrans pulled one back for West Brom in the 16th minute and Manuel Pellegrini must have felt a sense of deja vu as the Baggies threatened to take further points away from City to totally derail any remaining title aspirations.
But Martin Demichelis made it 3-1 in the 33rd minute, prodding home from close range to end all but end the game as a contest inside the first-half.
In a potential blow for City, David Silva was carried off on a stretcher with 25 minutes remaining with what could prove to be a costly injury in the run-in.
But Silva's misfortunte aside City will still need an enormous dose of fortune if they are to overhaul Chelsea and Liverpool to win their second Premier League title in three years, but they kept themselves in the hunt after last week's embarrassing slip-up.