The Argentine shrugged off an early injury scare to score a treble, continuing Guardiola’s perfect start at the Etihad club
Sergio Aguero netted a second hat-trick in as many Champions League
games to ensure Manchester City started their Group C campaign
swimmingly with a 4-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach, a day on from
torrential rainfall putting paid to the initial fixture at the Etihad
Stadium.The 24-hour delay gave City boss Pep Guardiola further time to consider his failure to beat Borussia in any of his final four Bundesliga attempts with Bayern Munich, while his current club had not won their opening home Champions League group game in five previous attempts.
Those unflattering statistics rarely looked like being extended after Aguero – currently serving a three-match domestic suspension for an elbow on West Ham defender Winston Reid that the Football Association described as “brutal” earlier on Wednesday – converted Aleksandar Kolarov’s eighth-minute cross.
The 28-year-old scored a penalty before the half hour and, as City looked like failing to turn their second-half dominance into further goals, he completed a treble to sit alongside the one he claimed in last month’s 5-0 win over Steaua Bucharest 13 minutes from time.
Aguero’s replacement Kelechi Iheanacho built on his goal Saturday’s Manchester derby win by netting in stoppage time to crown a tale of total domination for Guardiola’s men – something generally beyond previous City vintages in Europe.
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