Ilkay Gundogan ended Aston Villa's resistance as Manchester City moved top of the Premier League for the first time this season.
Pep Guardiola's side will be knocked off the summit later on Wednesday if Manchester United beat Fulham.
Villa's first team, playing their first game since New Year's Day because of a coronavirus outbreak at the club, showed no after-effects of their 19-day hiatus and produced a dogged defensive display.
They held out until the 79th minute, when Rodri controversially stole the ball off Tyrone Mings and fed Bernardo, who brilliantly fired into the top corner from the edge of the box.
Rodri was offside before he returned to an onside position to challenge Mings.
Villa manager Dean Smith was sent off for his protests.
Gundogan made sure of the points from the spot soon afterwards after Matty Cash handled a Gabriel Jesus header, in what was a far more straightforward decision for referee Jon Moss.
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