{"id":367652,"date":"2017-11-02T07:38:55","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T07:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=367652"},"modified":"2017-11-02T07:38:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T07:38:55","slug":"aguero-breaks-record-as-man-city-score-four-in-naples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/aguero-breaks-record-as-man-city-score-four-in-naples\/","title":{"rendered":"Aguero breaks record as Man City score four in Naples"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sergio Aguero became Manchester City’s all-time top-scorer as they beat Napoli to reach the Champions League knockout stages in a game that lived up to the hype.<\/p>\n
City came from behind to win in a meeting between the free-scoring, unbeaten top sides in the Premier League and Serie A.<\/p>\n
The hosts were on top for the first 30 minutes and deservedly led when Lorenzo Insigne played an excellent one-two with Dries Mertens and steered the ball past Ederson.<\/p>\n
City started to see more of the ball after Napoli’s blistering start and were level when Nicolas Otamendi headed in a cross from Ilkay Gundogan – a surprising selection in the starting 11.<\/p>\n
They led when John Stones headed in off the underside of the crossbar for his third Champions League goal this season – matching Lionel Messi’s haul.<\/p>\n
Napoli – now in danger of dropping out of the Champions League – stepped up the intensity again and Insigne hit the crossbar from 20 yards.<\/p>\n
As the game ebbed and flowed, they equalised when Leroy Sane fouled Raul Albiol and Jorginho sent Ederson the wrong way from the penalty.<\/p>\n
But there were more big moments to come – the ball broke to Aguero, who guided the ball home from the edge of the box. His 178th City goal took him above Eric Brook’s long-standing club record.<\/p>\n
The final stages were comfortable for City and the excellent Raheem Sterling crashed home a fourth goal from Kevin de Bruyne’s pass in injury time.<\/p>\n
Maurizio Sarri’s hosts are now six points behind second-placed Shakhtar Donetsk, who beat Feyenoord 3-1, with two games left in Group F.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sergio Aguero became Manchester City’s all-time top-scorer as they beat Napoli to reach the Champions League knockout stages in a game that lived up to the hype. City came from behind to win in a meeting between the free-scoring, unbeaten top sides in the Premier League and Serie A. The hosts were on top for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n