Manchester City reclaim top as five-star Sergio Aguero bulldozes Newcastle United
The 27-year-old is 5th player to score 5 goals in English top-flight game since EPL began in 1992
Sergio Aguero plundered five goals in a dizzying 20-minute spell as Manchester City demolished Newcastle United 6-1 on Saturday to reclaim first place in the Premier League table.
Earlier, Crystal Palace climbed to third place, three points below City, with an impressive and hard-earned 2-0 home win over West Bromwich Albion.
We were very, very good. It was a great performance. Wilfried Zaha can beat players and when you have players like that in your side it gives you great creativity
Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew hailed his side. "We were very, very good. It was a great performance. Wilfried Zaha can beat players and when you have players like that in your side it gives you great creativity," he said.
City had lost their previous two league games and went behind in the 18th minute when Aleksandar Mitrovic headed home, but Aguero equalised in the 42nd minute before hitting the net again four more times.
Kevin de Bruyne also scored, as well as teeing up two of Aguero's goals, as Manuel Pellegrini's side provisionally moved two points clear of Manchester United, who visit Arsenal today.
Aguero, 27, became the fifth player to score five goals in an English top-flight game since the launch of the Premier League in 1992 after Andrew Cole, Alan Shearer, Jermain Defoe and Dimitar Berbatov.
But Pellegrini's decision to withdraw him in the 64th minute, with Wilfried Bony going on, denied the Argentina international a chance to set a new record.