Manuel Pellegrini says his strikers five goals in the 6-1 defeat of Newcastle shows him to be in the same bracket as the bestThis was the latest evidence of the phenomenon that is Sergio Agüero. At the start of the week the striker had scored two goals in nine appearances. The talk was of how for the first time the Manchester City striker appeared out of sorts. Yet by Saturday evening his five goals in 21 scintillating minutes against a feeble Newcastle United had taken his tally to eight in 11 outings.
Here City had been losing 1-0 to an Aleksandar Mitrovic 18th-minute finish that came from Georginio Wijnaldum’s cross. Then,from minutes 42 to 62, it became the Agüero demonstrate. It caused Manuel Pellegrini, and City’s manager,to claim the Argentinian is in the same bracket as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. “After what we gain seen today, of course Kun is at that level, or he said. “You remember at the beginning of the season I told you that we would see a different Kun this year? He’s more mature,a better professional, he’s seeing all kinds of different things how he can improve.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com