Manchester City humbled second place Leicester City with a controlling 3-1 win at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday [ MORE: Watch full PL match replays ] Riyad Mahrez, Ilkay Gundogan, and Gabriel Jesus scored for Man City, who pulls to within a point of the second place Foxes. Jamie Vardy gave Leicester a surprise lead against the run of play, but the Foxes failed to make up ground on Liverpool. Three things we learned 1. Lessons for Rodgers, Leicester City: The Foxes have been very good this season, no question about that, but for the second time this season they were shown how much work is left to keep up with the leaders. Liverpool barely beat Leicester in terms of the score line, but controlled the match. This was worse for Brendan Rodgers‘ boys, who will meet Liverpool on Boxing Day. Leicester was out shot 18-2 in the aforementioned loss to Liverpool. This was probably worse. Man City had 63 percent of the ball and a 23-5 edge in shots. *Twelve* of those were on target as Kasper Schmeichel bailed out his men. Seventeen of the 23 attempts came inside the box. Pep Guardiola surprised Brendan Rodgers by leaving Rodri out…