The News Agency of Nigeria reports that this was after the second-tier side had frustrated the English Premier League leaders for most parts of the match
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Leicester eventually paid £25 million for the striker – a club-record deal – and handed him a five-year contract on wages of £115,000 a week.
The result helped the side to extend their extraordinary record of successive English Premier League wins to 18
City’s 16-match winning streak in the Premier League began with a 2-1 victory on the south coast at the end of August, although they needed a 97th-minute winner from Raheem Sterling to seal the points
The Citizens have accrued a record 15 wins on the bounce and dropped just two points all season, earning themselves the tag of arguably being the division’s greatest-ever side
The Citizens had a few half-chances early on as Aguero shot into the side-netting and Lukasz Fabianski saved from Fernandinho, but they were nearly caught out by a Swansea suckerpunch on 10 minutes
The Spaniard said this was to avoid a lack of squad depth as they compete on multiple fronts
City make the short trip to Old Trafford having suffered their first defeat of the season against Shakhtar Donetsk, but Pep Guardiola will point to 13 successive wins in the top flight as reason why their Champions League setback was a minor blip
“Definitely. In that, we are twins,” said Guardiola when asked, ahead of Sunday’s derby clash, if he was as obsessed with winning as his United and former Real Madrid counterpart.
The Citizens – unbeaten in the league and eight points clear of United at the top of the table – have agreed a £10 million deal with streaming giant Amazon to film a documentary series chronicling life at the club this season.
The 31-year-old, who was due to be out of contract at the end of next season, will now take his time with the Citizens to a full decade with his latest deal
City have swept aside all comers this season, but they found themselves in the unusual position of trailing at half-time after Nicolas Otamendi’s own goal at the John Smith’s Stadium
Pep Guardiola’s side boast the division’s only unbeaten record and head into the match against the Terriers with an eight-point lead at the top of the table
The visitors’ total of 34 points from 12 games is a new Premier League record, while hosts Leicester suffer their first defeat since the arrival of new boss Claude Puel
As for City, Pep Guardiola will fancy his team to continue their unbeaten start to the season, although each of their last four opponents have shown that there are some chinks in the armour of the leaders
Pep Guardiola’s side has scored 38 goals along the way, prompting some to be predicting an unbeaten season for them.
A record of 28 points from a possible 30 has been matched twice before, but the Citizens’ hugely impressive goal difference of +29 puts them out in front in what has been a truly incredible campaign thus far
City make the trip to The Hawthorns having failed to score a goal against West Brom’s Black Country rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers, but Pep Guardiola’s side have won their last seven fixtures in the top flight
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
The Argentina striker – who is one short of equalling the club’s goalscoring record – has been an unused substitute for the past two games after recovering from a broken rib sustained in a car crash