Champions League: Villarreal v Manchester City - in pictures

If ever there was a case of false smiles then this is surely it? Patrick Vieira, once the heartbeat of Arsenal and now an ambassador for Manchester City, stands next to his old Manchester United nemesis Roy Keane before the start of City's match with Villarreal. They look like they might be trading insults using ventriloquism Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images

City need to win to boost their hopes of qualification for the knockout stages. So it's good then that Yaya Touré has got his shooting boots on. He scores in the 30th minute with practically the team's first real chance of the match Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images

Mario Balotelli is a marked man – as seen here from this unforgiving challenge by Gonzalo Rodríguez Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

And another one, which prompts this rather theatrical fall Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images

But when a rogue challenge from Musacchio floors the Italian in the box just before half-time, he wins a penalty ... which he slots home to make it 2-0. That's Balotelli's seventh goal in as many games – no wonder he's been so closely marked Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

The second half is uneventful and City seem to be cruising. So much so that they all seem to want a piece of the action when they win a free-kick Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images

Touré skips neatly through the Villarreal defence in the 71st minute to bag his second and City's third of the night. The win moves City up to second in their group. Nonetheless, the City boss Roberto Mancini is still likely to have a headache in the morning – he banged his noggin on the dugout during the match and had to nurse it with an ice pack Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images