SERGIO AGUERO answered the call from Pep Guardiola and lead the fightback as Manchester City kept their quadruple hopes alive.
The Etihad chief said on Friday the onus will be on the club’s all-time leading scorer to get them goals after an injury to Gabriel Jesus.
And he struck twice in less than two second half minutes to turn his tie around – just when it looked like City were wobbling.
Pep Guardiola sprang something of a surprise by wheeling out some of his big guns – desptie his well-publicised views about the festive fixture list.
City also have a Carabao Cup semi-final first leg against Bristol City on uesday so the games are coming thick and fast.
Yet two of his superstar names combined to almost give City an early lead.
Sergio Aguero found space down the left and pulled back for David Silva whose effor came back off the post.
There was a warning from the visitors when a corner from Johann Berg Gudmundsson found its way to the back post.
Former City trainee Ben Mee nodded back across goal but nobody was there to apply the finishing touch.
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But the 8,000 travelling Clarets did not have to wait long as a long punt by keeper Nick Pope was sliced by John Stones.
It dropped into the path of Ashley Barnes and the forward drove on before unleashing a vicious effort past stand in keeper Claudio Bravo.
City could not muster much of a response in the remainder of the first half – but it all changed after the re-start.
Ten minutes into the second half Ilkay GUndogan’s quickly taken free-kick found Aguero in space and the Argentine rolled past Pope.
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That sparked some verbals between Guardiola with the Clarets dug-out – notably Sean Dyche and his assistant Ian Woan.
But within two minutes City had turned it right around as Aguero ran at the Burnley defence and played the ball into Gundogan.
The German’s back heel was delicious and it allowed Aguero to expertly go round Pope to score his 18th of the season.
Leroy Sane could have put the tie beyond Burnley when Pope pushed out Danllo’s effort but he skied his effort over the bar – he was having that kind of day.
But he made amends 20 minutes from time when he swapped passes with skipper David Silva before poking the ball beneath Pope.
De Bruyne then sent Sane racing away down the left and he skipped around Pope before squaring for sub Bernardo Silva to roll in number four
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