Man City Destroyed Chelsea; Aguero Equals Shearer's Hat-trick Record
Manchester City's striker Sergio Aguero struck three times to have his second hat-trick in a week as they ruthlessly destroyed poor Chelsea in a 6-0 win at The Etihad on Sunday to return to the top of the Premier League.
Aguero, who scored a hat-trick seven days ago against Arsenal, has now equaled Alan Shearer's record of 11 Premier League hat-tricks.
Raheem Sterling fired City ahead in the fourth minute with a side-foot finish after a quick free-kick from Kevin De Bruyne had caught the Chelsea defense napping.
After Aguero had somehow missed an open goal from two meters, the Argentine promptly beat goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga with a blistering strike from 25 meters.
A poor header towards his own goal from Chelsea's Ross Barkley gave Aguero City's third goal and then a low drive from Ilkay Gundogan made it 4-0 after 25 minutes.
Following the break, Aguero, who also became City's top scorer in league games, headed against the bar before he completed his hat-trick from the penalty spot after Sterling had been brought down by Cesar Azpilicueta.
Sterling completed the rout, turning in a low cross from Oleksandr Zinchenko in the 80th. The defeat was Chelsea's worst since their 7-0 loss to Nottingham Forest in 1991.
Raheem Sterling fired City ahead in the fourth minute with a side-foot finish after a quick free-kick from Kevin De Bruyne had caught the Chelsea defense napping.
After Aguero had somehow missed an open goal from two meters, the Argentine promptly beat goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga with a blistering strike from 25 meters.
A poor header towards his own goal from Chelsea's Ross Barkley gave Aguero City's third goal and then a low drive from Ilkay Gundogan made it 4-0 after 25 minutes.
Following the break, Aguero, who also became City's top scorer in league games, headed against the bar before he completed his hat-trick from the penalty spot after Sterling had been brought down by Cesar Azpilicueta.
Sterling completed the rout, turning in a low cross from Oleksandr Zinchenko in the 80th. The defeat was Chelsea's worst since their 7-0 loss to Nottingham Forest in 1991.
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