By the time he was done, it was difficult to imagine where Sergio Agüero finds the space to keep all the balls he has collected as souvenirs for his hat-tricks. He can presumably afford the kind of property where they are all on show, along with enough trophies and other medals to fill an aircraft hangar. But then again, this was the 14th time Agüero has scored three or more in a single game for Manchester City. Ten of those hat-tricks have come in the Premier League and, if you were to believe that top-division football was invented in 1992, the relevant statistic is that only Alan Shearer, with 11, has more.
Nobody should bet against Agüero from claiming that record for himself and when his latest hat-trick was confirmed – a little fortuitously bearing in mind the ball went in, unconventionally, off his ribs and elbow – perhaps the most remarkable detail was that he had scored 22 times during the last 15 home matches when he has been in City’s starting lineup.
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