BBC Sport - Manchester City 2-0 Fulham David Silva scored after 95 seconds and chipped home another as Manchester City saw off an impotent Fulham. The Spaniard pounced on an Edin Dzeko rebound to open the scoring, before dinking in a second after a neat backheel from bustling Carlos Tevez. A Steve Sidwell close-range header brushed the outside of the post and was the closest Fulham came to a goal. The win takes the Blues to within four points of league leaders Manchester United, who play on Sunday. Silva had not scored for City since the 5-0 win over Aston Villa at the Etihad Stadium in November, but was clinical in front of the Fulham goal. The Cottagers, who had won just two of their last 14 league matches prior to this fixture, started the game disastrously as Dzeko found himself in acres of space on the edge of the area. The tall Bosnian striker advanced before unleashing a fierce strike. Veteran Fulham keeper Mark Schwarzer will be disappointed to have only managed to palm the ball back into play, and the predatory Silva planted the rebound into the the net. Fulham saw plenty of the play thereafter, but created few openings of their own and were punished with 20 minutes remaining. Gael Clichy played it inside to Tevez, whose neat backheel unleashed Silva through on goal. The midfielder waited for Schwarzer to commit himself before lofting the ball over the goalkeeper and in at the far post. The hat-trick was so nearly completed a minute later, as Silva found himself through on goal again in an almost identical position. The 27-year-old attempted a mirror image finish, but this time the ball trickled agonisingly wide and Silva, and City, had to settle for two goals to take the three points. 04 Kompany 05 Zabaleta (Nasri - 63') 22 Clichy 07 Milner 21 Silva (Lescott - 88') 32 Tevez (Aguero - 81') 08 Nasri 17 Rodwell 16 Aguero 01 Schwarzer 05 Hangeland 15 Richardson Booked (Briggs - 67') 18 Hughes 27 Riether 07 Sidwell 14 Karagounis Booked 16 Duff 09 Berbatov 11 Ruiz 24 Dejagah (Petric - 73') 38 Etheridge 04 Senderos 06 Baird 17 Briggs 31 Kacaniklic 10 Petric 20 Rodallega