With their spot in the Champions League all but assured, Pep Guardiola and Manchester City seek an elusive superb road performance in domestic play Saturday against Stoke City at Brittania Stadium.Needing a two-legged playoff victory to qualify for group play in Europes most prestigious club tournament for the sixth straight year, Manchester City has little to worry about in the return match at home next week after running riot in a 5-0 demolition of Steaua Bucharest in Romania. It was Citys largest victory on European soil and their largest Champions League margin.Sergio Aguero had a hat trick despite missing a pair of penalties while newcomer Nolito and David Silva had the other two markers. Raheem Sterling posted two assists as City placed 12 of their 24 shots on target to successfully follow up their 2-1 win over Sunderland.We played really, really good, the result is amazing but its the way we played which means Im so satisfied, Guardiola told Manchester Citys official website. All of the managers in the world want to create chances and to concede few, thats what we all want -- OK, we are there, so now rest and then focus on Stoke and the second game.Such easy victories outside the Etihad were few and far in between for Manchester City en route to their fourth-place finish last season. They went 7-7-5 and scored just 24 goals in their 19 road matches and all three relegated teams -- Newcastle United, Norwich City and Aston Villa -- scraped out draws at the Citizens expense.One of those five defeats came at Stoke City, a 2-0 defeat that was among as listless a match as Manchester City played in recent years. Xherdan Shaqiri could prove as the danger man after he sprung Marko Arnautovic for a pair of goals in the first quarter-hour as the Citizens fell to 2-5-3 in their last 10 contests at Brittania Stadium in all competitions.We absolutely outplayed them and they came out and acknowledged that after the game as well, and it really showed the level of performance we can hit, Potters manager Mark Hughes said.We need to do more of the same. They have new players and a new manager with new ideas which makes it a little bit more difficult to prepare for but well give it our best shot and we are encouraged by last week.Aguero had nine of those 24 road goals -- he missed four games due to a knee injury, including a 2-0 loss at Stoke City -- and is undoubtedly eager to add to his haul against the Potters. The Argentina international has six goals in seven lifetime matches after converting from the spot in a 4-0 whitewash in the most recent contest last season.In addition to Agueros imperious form, Guardiola may turn to Nigeria starlet Kelechi Iheanacho for this match. He scored twice in last seasons home win over Stoke, and on Thursday signed a contract extension that will keep him in City blue through 2021.Kelechi is a natural goal-scorer, said Guardiola of the 19-year-old, who had 14 goals in all competitions last season and is on the Champions League roster this season. I like his personality, his attitude, his ability -- we hope to help him reach the highest level and realise his full potential.All of Manchester Citys scoring options, which also includes Kevin De Bruyne, certainly worries Hughes. He is sweating out the availability of first-choice goalkeeper Jack Butland, who missed Stokes 1-1 draw at promoted Middlesbrough to open the season after suffering a late ankle injury.It was the latest setback for the up-and-coming keeper who is expected to challenge deposed Man City counterpart Joe Hart for the No. 1 shirt on Englands team for 2018 World Cup qualifying.We need to be a little bit cautious, were not going to throw Jack back in unless hes not feeling any pain whatsoever or if we feel it isnt the right thing to do, Hughes told stokecityfc.com. He obviously got his setback last week and as I said after the game, it shook us up really because we thought he might be back to set one.Forty-year-old Shay Given was between the sticks for the opener, yielding an early goal by Alvaro Negredo but nothing else. 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William Carrier opened the scoring for Cape Breton (6-4-2), but Andrew Ryan tied the game and Brent Andrews put the Mooseheads (8-6-0) in front for good with a short-handed goal at 13:49 of the second period. Mika Zibanejad Rangers Jersey .5 seconds to play in the game, Kevin Love never stopped believing that they would come out of there with a win. The Houston Rockets are loading up on shooting for new coach Mike DAntoni.The Rockets agreed to terms on Saturday with forward Ryan Anderson and guard Eric Gordon to add even more scoring punch around James Harden, two people with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the deals cannot be signed until July 7.Anderson is getting four years and $80 million, while Gordon agreed on a four-year, $53 million contract.The 28-year-old Anderson spent the past four seasons with New Orleans and has been one of the NBAs top 3-point shooters in recent years. He averaged 17 points and six rebounds last season.A first-round pick of the Nets in 2008, Anderson spent his rookie season there before he was traded to Orlando. He spent three seasons with the Magic with his breakout season coming in 2011-12, when he was selected as the NBAs Most Improved Player after leading the league with 166 3-pointers.Gordon has proven to be a potent scorer when healthy, but injuries have derailed him ever since his rookie season in 2008-09. He played 78 games that season with the Clippers, but his most since then was 64 three years ago.Gordon spent the previous five seasons in New Orleans, with the Pelicans hoping he could be the perimeter scorer they needed to take some of the attention away from Anthonyy Davis on the interior.ddddddddddddHe was limited to nine games in 2011-12 by a right knee injury and only played 45 games last year while dealing with a fractured right ring finger.If he can remain healthy, he will give the Rockets an explosive scorer off the bench behind Harden, one of the top scorers in the NBA.Both Gordon and Anderson should fit in nicely with DAntoni, who has always put more emphasis on scoring and offensive flow than on defense. DAntonis Phoenix Suns essentially ushered in the new era of 3-point shooting, and theres no doubt both Gordon and Anderson will have the green light any time the ball is in their hands.The Rockets are even more identifiable as an offensive team now that Dwight Howard has left for a contract with the Atlanta Hawks.General manager Daryl Morey wasnt able to land one of the coveted star free agents he has been searching for when the market opened, so he pivoted quickly to land two of the best shooters available on the second day of transactions.Gordon is a career 38 percent shooter from deep who shot a career best 44.8 percent on 3s two seasons ago.Anderson has shot 37.7 percent for his career.---AP Sports Writer Kristie Rieken in Houston contributed to this report. ' ' '