Striker grabs vital hat-trick, as Premier League side beat Bayern Munich
Wednesday 26 November 2014 15:54, UK
Glenn Hoddle praised Sergio Aguero after the Argentine ensured Manchester City travel to Roma with something to play for in their last Champions League group game.
Aguero was again man of the match as City beat 10-man Bayern Munich at the Etihad Stadium, after twice going behind to the German champions.
Hoddle said: "He’s incredible. It was a magnificent performance from him. When a team go down to 10 men as Bayern did, you’d imagine that with City being at home they’d be peppering the goal.
"You get a feeling that the goals are coming, and that they’re going to score. Then they go 2-1 down, and without him they are out of the competition."
Aguero scored from the penalty spot to give City the lead before Xabi Alonso's free-kick on 40 minutes and Robert Lewandowski's strike on the stroke of half-time saw them 2-1 down at home.
The Premier League champions looked to be heading out of Europe's premier competition at the first hurdle for the second time in three years, but Aguero scored twice in the last five minutes to secure a much needed win for Manuel Pellegrini.
The former Chelsea manager asked: "Where would City be in the Premier League without him? I’m not sure what position they would be in.
"I’m pretty sure they’d be out of the Champions League without this little man. He’s playing his very top form. If you say Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the best players in the world, then he – alongside Costa is probably the best finisher.
"As goal threats, someone you can have in your team and know they’d score goals.
"He’s as cool as you like with penalties. His second goal typifies him for me; there’s a long way to go, there’s a lot of strikers that wouldn’t score from that position. He’s got the pace and the calmness to just tuck it away against a world-class goalkeeper.
"It’s a fabulous performance."
