Watching: Sergio Kun Aguero speaks to Nicola McCarthy following City's 5-0 over Aston Villa at The Etihad Stadium. www.mcfc.co.uk http www.twitter.com Match report from mcfc.co.uk City have set a new personal best for unbeaten games in the Premier League. Victory over Villa at the Etihad Stadium stretched to 18 the number of times Roberto Mancini's men have played in the top flight without defeat. The Champions made it 12 on the bounce this season to add to 6 from last term in emphatic style with a five-goal super show. Friday's fun at the Carrington training ground when Roberto Mancini appeared at his pre-match press conference wearing a David Platt disguise was replaced by a serious Saturday game face as the Blues touched the summit of the table for the first time since securing the title last May. Whoever Mancini purports to be ahead of the game, his side's mask of invincibility shows no signs of slipping particularly at home where it is now 36 games since the Blues have tasted defeat in an EPL contest. Sides have of course won at City's home in knockout competitions, Villa being one of them earlier this season in the Capital One Cup, but no one has left with three points for almost two years. The lifespan of that record was never in doubt from the moment that David Silva scrambled home his first goal of the season three minutes from the interval. It followed a spot of pinball in the Villa box from a corner. It was no less than City deserved after dominating possession though ...