<p>LEICESTER, England — When even Benjamin Mendy is scoring, it’s a sign of just how well the quadruple chase is going for Manchester City.</p>
<p>With the international break over, the runaway leaders started the Premier League title run-in with a 2-0 victory over Leicester, started by Mendy breaking the deadlock on Saturday.</p>
<p>After Riyad Mahrez’s shot was punched clear by Kasper Schmeichel, Mendy eventually received the ball to curl in a low shot past the Leicester goalkeeper in the 58th minute.</p>
<p>After not scoring in his opening 39 league games for City, the left back now has two in his last six as Pep Guardiola’s side closes in on a third title in four seasons.</p>
<p>There was a more familiar name on the score sheet for the second in the 74th minute and a familiar creator of the goal.</p>
<p>After a precision throughball from Kevin De Bruyne, Gabriel Jesus passed to Raheeem Sterling, who returned the ball for the forward to finish rather than shooting himself.</p>
<p>In the week when City looked to the future with Sergio Aguero’s end-of-season departure announced, this was a fourth goal in as many league games for Gabriel Jesus.</p>
<p>And it helped City move 17 points ahead of Manchester United with seven games remaining, albeit United having played two fewer games than its neighbor.</p>
<p>Leicester missed a chance to dislodge United from second but was helped out by fourth-place Chelsea losing to West Bromwich Albion as the 2016 champions pursue qualification for the Champions League for the first time since then.</p>
<hr />
<p>More AP soccer: <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/soccer">https://apnews.com/hub/soccer</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/AP_Sports">https://twitter.com/AP_Sports</a></p>
