After what had been one of the most abject 45 minutes of the season by Manchester City’s skyscraper standards, it was tempting to think about which players could grab this game by the scruff of the neck.
The goalkeeper could have done better and VAR may have interfered had it been in use but they matter not to Aguero, the man for every occasion who gobbles up every kind of goal.
Hammered volleys, scuffed toe-pokes, diving headers, deflections and anything else you can think of (although fewer penalties than he’d like) in just about every match situation and conditions going.
“It’s not the first time he has scored goals, honestly” was his response after another matchwinning performance from the Argentine at Bournemouth this season.
He has a point – when something happens so often it can lose its news value – but a nicer way of putting it has been the manager’s phrase that Aguero will die scoring goals.
After his goal at Hillsborough, there were more stats trundled out both about his career and his current level of performance; not only has he scored 12 more goals in English domestic cups than anyone else since 2011 but he also has more in all competitions than any Premier League player this season.
Until that point though, he will simply keep scoring goals – starting with United on Sunday in a season that still has plenty of glory up for grabs.
