Watford 0 Manchester City 6: Sergio Aguero scores hat-trick

PEP GUARDIOLA watched his team go on the rampage – yet again. And Sergio Aguero was City’s goal hero – yet again.

After battering Liverpool and Feyenoord, City made it 15 goals scored in the space of eight days without conceding a single goal. Elton John made his first appearance at Watford for two years yet he will have felt like going home at half-time after the home side leaked three goals in 10 first half minutes.

Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick to bring his overall Man City tally to 175 – two short of record scorer Eric Brook – while Ilkay Gundogan made his first appearance for nine months following a nasty injury.

Watford were certainly not helped by the fact they were missing four centre halves so the game was never going to be goalless.

Richarlison had the first decent chance of the game but with City guilty of some terrible defending, the Watford star sent a free header wide.

He was counting the cost of that miss moments later when Aguero showed how to do it with a glancing header into the net. Kevin de Bruyne also deserves praise for not only the accuracy of the free-kick but for the pace of it.

It was 2-0 soon four minutes later when Aguero had an easy tap-in after Heurelho Gomes made a mess of a cross from David Silva. Gabriel Jesus was involved in the move and he then grabbed a third goal with a decent finish into the corner but he did look offside.

Aguero delivered the ball but Kyle Walker deserves praise for initially winning possession.

Silva forced a cracking save from Gomes but from a quickly-taken short corner, City’s Spanish star crossed for Nicolas Otamendi to send a effort into the roof of the net with a powerful header.

After the goal, there was a massive cheer for Gundogan who replaced Kevin de Bruyne. It was his first game for nine months after suffering a serious knee injury - against Watford.

Aguero then delivered an amazing run into the box and then rolled the ball past Gomes for a fifth, before Raheem Sterling dusted himself down after winning a penalty to make it six.

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