Manchester City reclaimed second place in the Premier League thanks to the leading overseas scorer in Premier League history. Sergio Agüero wrested that title from Thierry Henry here thanks to three goals that also took him beyond Alan Shearer’s record for the number of Premier League hat-tricks, with his 12th bringing up an extraordinary tally of 177 league goals since his arrival at Manchester City in 2011.
In addition to being a supreme predator Agüero has developed under Pep Guardiola to endanger defences in other ways too. Here, for instance, he helped to create both Riyad Mahrez goals while his fellow forward Gabriel Jesus also found the net on an afternoon when Aston Villa performed so badly that several unwitting assists could be attributed to them. Anwar El Ghazi’s late goal from a penalty certainly did not dilute their humiliation.
Written by Paul Doyle at Villa Park
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jan/12/aston-villa-manchester-city-premier-league-match-report under the title “Sergio Agüero hits hat-trick at Aston Villa in Manchester City demolition job”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
