“This title is for the previous sides that tried to win it but couldn’t,” he said.
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Sergio Aguero’s second-half goal proved enough for holders Manchester City to beat second-tier Sheffield Wednesday 1-0, but they made hard work of reaching the FA Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Manchester City survived an early scare to see off Port Vale 4-1 in the FA Cup third round tie at the Etihad Stadium.
The result leaves a traumatised Watford at the bottom of the table, while City can claim to have responded in perfect fashion to last weekend’s 3-2 defeat to Norwich City
Last Saturday’s unexpected defeat at Norwich and injury to John Stones, leaving City with just one fit specialist centre-back in Nicolas Otamendi, had threatened to unsettle Pep Guardiola’s men ahead of the game
Guardiola’s team beat Liverpool to the title by a solitary point last season after winning their last 14 games
The 25-year-old, who had been called up by France for their Euro 2020 qualifiers against Albania and Andorra, was carried off on a stretcher after upending Brighton’s Adam Webster and coming off worse
The Magpies make the trip to the Etihad Stadium still looking for their first victory of the season, with the Magpies playing their third “top six” side in their opening four fixtures
City defenders, Kyle Walker and Nicolas Otamendi, midfielders David Silva and Kevin De Bruyne as well as all-time top scorer, Sergio Aguero, were named in the side.
Sergio Aguero scored four second-half goals to take the game beyond the Foxes, who went into the break all square after Jamie Vardy had cancelled out Raheem Sterling’s early opener
The defender has been at the North-West outfit since his 2015 switch from Valencia, and in total has made 118 appearances for the men in sky blue.
Victory for City in this match will see them equal the record winning run in one of Europe’s top five leagues – Bayern Munich, managed by Pep Guardiola, won 19 consecutively in the 2013/14 season
Most observers had written the Hammers off before kickoff, but the relegation-threatened visitors went into half time with a deserved lead courtesy of Angelo Ogbonna’s header right on the stroke of the interval
Raheem Sterling sealed the game in the second half after City had emerged with a slender lead from a whirlwind spell of three goals inside five minutes
Aguero’s landmark moment came from the penalty spot on the half-hour mark as he converted his 177th goal in City colours, before a quickfire double from Nicolas Otamendi and Leroy Sane took the game beyond the visitors
Pep Guardiola’s charges were quick out of the starting blocks and mustered their first chance on target just nine minutes in as Fernandinho tested Heurelho Gomes just after Sterling miskicked from 12 yards out
Bournemouth went into the game having failed to score in their opening two league fixtures, but Eddie Howe’s side dominated the opening stages on the south coast
The hosts dominated the game’s early chances as Kelechi Iheanacho benefitted from a defensive mix-up to force a save from Norwich keeper, John Ruddy, before Wilfried Bony spurned two opportunities to find the opener
Manchester City have announced the signing of defender Nicolas Otamendi from Valencia. The Argentina international has penned a five-year deal…