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Man City send off club legend Zabaleta in style with win vs. West Brom

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Manchester City kept their top-four fate in their own hands as they moved into third place with a 3-1 win over West Brom.

It's not often that the football, especially when it's as enjoyable to watch as it was in Manchester City's 3-1 win over West Brom at the Etihad on Tuesday, takes a backseat. But the City fans were under no illusions; they wanted the job done quickly so that they could enjoy Pablo Zabaleta's final home appearance for the club. That's exactly what they got, helped by West Brom's reluctance to do anything but sit deep, and it was the perfect send off for the man who, in a nine-year spell, became a club legend.