Manchester City's beaten struggling Blackburn Rovers 1-0 in their English premier football match.
The win puts City on 59 points in fourth place, five points behind third-placed Arsenal with a game in hand.
It also puts them four points clear of fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur and keeps them on track for a place in European competitions next season.
Blackburn are in a relegation battle, one point ahead of 18th-placed Wigan Athletic and three ahead of bottom club West Ham United.