Manchester City 6-0 Chelsea: 5 Men who were brilliant for Pep Guardiola

#1 Sergio Aguero

Manchester City v Chelsea FC - Premier League

Aguero marked the start of the game with an unimaginable miss from close quarters. It was an uncharacteristic finish from the Argentinean who failed to hit the target from 2 yards out, with an open goal in front of him. Even though City were leading 1-0 at that time, there were growing concerns that the miss could come back to haunt the home team. However, it was not to be.

The Argentinean made up for his miss in the early stages, by conjuring up a moment of brilliance in the 13th minute. He picked up the ball from way out of the Chelsea box and after brushing away a couple of challenges, unleashed a beautiful volley that found its way into the top right corner. But he was not done yet.

In the 19th minute, Aguero capitalized on a disastrous back header from Barkley and scored his second on the night. In the second half, he hit the crossbar with a thunderous header that had Kepa defeated. But his moment was about to arrive.

Sterling won a penalty in the 56th minute and Aguero converted from the spot to put City 3-0 up and also registered his 11th hattrick in the Premier League, equaling the record of most Premier League Hattricks, set by Alan Shearer.

By the time he was replaced by Jesus, Aguero had ensured that City had won all three points.

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