Fernandino: Man City winning Premier League this season would be extra sweet

Manchester City captain Fernandino admits winning the Premier League title this season would be extra sweet.

The veteran Brazilian midfielder is set to leave the Etihad Stadium this summer after nine years with the club.

City have been locked in a tight title race with Liverpool this season but events over the weekend have put them firmly in control of their destiny.

Every title is sweet. It’s going to be one more... with a little more sugar.- Fernandinho

The champions’ 5-0 thrashing of Newcastle, coupled with the Reds’ failure to beat Tottenham, has given City a three-point advantage at the top of the Premier League with three games to play.

It was a strong response to last week’s crushing loss at Real Madrid and Fernandinho now has his sights on a fifth league winner’s medal and a glorious farewell.

The 37-year-old said: “Every title is sweet. It’s going to be one more… with a little more sugar.

“It was a great response but at the same time we are focusing on ourselves and know the title is in our hands.

“It doesn’t matter what they do over there, we have to keep going through all the hard games.

“This is what we are trying to do, focus on ourselves, but I thought it was a great response after defeat in Madrid, especially for our fans and ourselves because when you lose a match like this, the confidence can go a little bit down.

“But not just the result, the performance overall was really good and we are really happy about that.”

Newcastle did create some moments of alarm for City at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday but, after finding their stride, the hosts cruised to victory.

Raheem Sterling headed them ahead before Aymeric Laporte added a second before the break. Rodri put the result beyond doubt just after the hour and