Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini was satisfied with victory over West Bromwich Albion.

City and their manager Manuel Pellegrini have been heavily criticised of late, with recent results leaving their title defence in tatters, while they also went out of the Champions League to Barcelona on Wednesday.

City struck in the first half through Wilfried Bony - his first goal for the club - and Fernando, with David Silva adding a third late on.

Pellegrini said: "Of course it is always important to return to get victory when you lost the last game. We lost the last two games in different competitions, Wednesday in the Champions League and the last game against Burnley in the Premier League.

"They played for 88 minutes with one player less but you do not always play well when you play with one player more. We were very concentrated on defending because with West Bromwich, you know all the teams of Tony Pulis defend well so it is not difficult for them to make counter-attacks when they have so fast players.

"We didn't allow them to have any chances but from one corner and we continued until the end of the game trying to score more goals."