Sergio Aguero brushed off two missed penalties to score a hat-trick as Manchester City outclassed Steaua Bucharest 5-0 on Tuesday in the first leg of their Champions League play-off tie in Romania
Paris: Sergio Aguero brushed off two missed penalties to score a hat-trick as Manchester City outclassed Steaua Bucharest 5-0 on Tuesday in the first leg of their Champions League play-off tie in Romania.
Man City striker Sergio Aguero celebrates after scoring a hat-trick vs Steaua Bucharest during the Champions league first leg playoff match at National Arena Stadium in Bucharest, Romania on Tuesday. Pic/AFP
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The result means that new City coach Pep Guardiola can breathe a huge sigh of relief as the Abu Dhabi-backed club have one foot in the lucrative group stage. David Silva fired City into a 13th-minute lead either side of two failed spot-kicks from Aguero, before the Argentine atoned with the visitors' second goal just prior to half time.
New signing Nolito then scored his first City goal early in the second half with Aguero netting twice more as Guardiola's side seized complete control ahead of the return leg in Manchester in eight days' time. "We are almost in the Champions League.
Pep Guardiola
That was our target," Guardiola told BT Sport. "It was a great performance, great attitudes. The result is amazing; I am so satisfied with the way we played — a big compliment to these fantastic players."
Aguero redemption
Aguero failed to score two penalties, however, the striker redeemed himself with a hat-trick a minute from time after racing clear of the Steaua defence.
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