Avram Grant's side dominated, with a brace from Didier Drogba together with goals to Michael Essien, Joe Cole, Salomon Kalou and Andriy Shevchenko punctuating a stellar performance from midfielder Frank Lampard.
It was a tale of two blues as City, who had played their way into the role of surprise Champions League qualification contenders, simply had no answer to Chelsea's exhilarating blend of strength and style.
In the 17th minute, Lampard slid an inch-perfect through-ball to Essien, who slotted the ball to the right of despairing Man City keeper Joe Hart to open the scoring.
Lampard's second decisive contribution, after 31 minutes, was even better as he hit a superb pass with the outside of his right boot to the onrushing Drogba, with the Ivorian international finishing cleanly past Hart.
City were well off their game and afforded Chelsea far too much time and space, with the hosts taking just 11 minutes to extend their lead after the break when Drogba netted his second.
The African striker then turned provider when his chest-pass was seized by Cole, who galloped clear and drove into the bottom corner to make it 4-0, before Kalou finished clinically after being picked out by Essien and Shevchenko made it six just before fulltime.
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It was a tale of two blues as City, who had played their way into the role of surprise Champions League qualification contenders, simply had no answer to Chelsea's exhilarating blend of strength and style.
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