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MANCHESTER — Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini believes Sergio Aguero must be a candidate for the Fifa Ballon d’Or world player of the year award if he can stay fit. The Argentina striker (26) scored all four goals, converting two of his three penalties, as English Premier League soccer champions City beat Tottenham 4-1 at Eastlands on Saturday to remain five points behind leaders Chelsea.

Aguero’s performance was truly fit for a king, with Juan Carlos, the former monarch of Spain, among the crowd after being invited by Blues chairman Khaldoon al Mubarak.
It also saw him become City’s all-time top-scorer in the Premier League with 61 goals in 95 appearances since his £38 million move from Atletico Madrid in 2011.
The forward was hampered by a series of injuries last season that contributed to him only starting 20 of City’s 38 league games.

He still managed 17 league goals but is already almost halfway to that figure after taking his total for the current campaign to nine with his impressive performance against Spurs. — AFP.