City back in action

Following FA Cup and Champions League exits in the space of only four days, Manchester City will look to relaunch their Premier League title challenge at Hull City this weekend.
March has been a topsy-turvy month for Manuel Pellegrini's men, whose League Cup triumph over Sunderland was followed by last weekend's shock defeat by Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup and the mid-week Champions League loss to Barcelona.
It is three weeks since City last played a league game -- winning 1-0 at home to Stoke City on February 22 -- and in the intervening time they have seen Chelsea pull nine points clear of them at the top of the table.
The 2012 champions now have three games in hand and, with Liverpool and Arsenal both seven points off the pace (albeit with a game in hand each), they seem the side most likely to knock Chelsea off the summit.
Their cup commitments have left a mark, however, with top scorer Sergio Aguero a doubt for the trip to the KC Stadium after being withdrawn due to a hamstring problem during Wednesday's game at Barcelona.
Hull will be buoyed by having reached the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1930 last weekend, but City midfielder Samir Nasri says that his side are supremely motivated by the challenge of reeling Chelsea in.
"We don't have a choice. Now our target is to win the league," he told reporters after City's 2-1 defeat at Camp Nou extinguished their hopes of a trophy treble.
"I think here we showed we have the quality to be up there with the best teams in Europe. It is a good thing for us. It is important now to finish the season well and win the league."
With Saturday's game a lunchtime kick-off, victory for City would provisionally take them to within six points of Chelsea, who visit mid-table Aston Villa later in the day.