Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini was "very satisfied" after their 5-0 thrashing of Aston Villa.

City's form has been under scrutiny but they remain unbeaten in the competition and are well on course in their title defence.

Mancini said: "I am very satisfied with this performance.

"In the first half we played well created a lot of chances but we were too soft when we had chances to score.

"But we played well and this is the most important thing.

"In the last two games I think we changed something. In our mind we found a good spirit, like last year.

"For us it is very important we start to play well and in the last two games we have scored six goals with our strikers. I think we have been missing their goals."