City had to work hard in the first half but poked themselves ahead shortly before the interval with an own goal, before Mateo Kovacic and Bernardo Silva struck early in the second to seal a comfortable win for the European champions.
Should the deal be struck, United would still be behind City's £67.5m-a-year deal with Etihad but they would leapfrog Liverpool's Standard Chartered deal.
The 18-year-old collected Juan Mata's pass, beat Martin Demichelis and coolly slotted home in the 15th minute. Sergio Aguero was denied an equaliser when he struck the post with a near-post header from Yaya Toure's cross.
In their absence, Foden produced a masterclass to take his tally to 21 goals this season. But it was Rodri who struck first for City after 11 minutes when he swept home Jeremy Doku's cross at the near post.
Diego Costa, Willian and Eden Hazard struck for Chelsea to fire them to a 3-1 Premier League win at Manchester City on Saturday, cancelling out Gary Cahill's spectacular own goal in the first half.
Raheem Sterling scored the only goal of the game - his 100th in the Premier League - as City beat a well-organised Wolves side to extend our lead at the top of the table.
London-based group, WSTRN, releases the video to their boarder-crossing single titled "LoveStruck", on which they featured the duo of "Tiwa Savage" and "Mr. Eazi".
Announcing how she was struck by Thunder, She wrote: "@HNNAfrica 1. This morning at 8:06am I was struck by lightning behind my house in an early morning storm. It was a bolt the whole city saw.
The love-struck couple visited the popular Lock Bridge in Paris to seal their love with a padlock. Alove lock is a padlock which lovers lock to a bridge, gate, or a similar public fixture to symbolize their love.
Our plane was caught ina major unexpected storm and struck by lighting. "My crew, band, friends and family who were all traveling with me are safe after an emergency landing. We were unfortunately unable to fly into Paraguay. I LOVE YOU."
And Alexis Sanchez struck late on to add gloss to Arsenal's victory at the Liberty Stadium. Swansea dropped to the foot of the table following their defeat after fellow strugglers Hull City downed Bournemouth on the same day.
Andre Gomes should have levelled but struck the bar when in space, and Gundogan slammed in his fourth goal in two games to seal City's first ever competitive win over Barca.