What was the Agüero goal?
Sergio Agüero said his dramatic title-clinching goal against QPR changed everything for him and Manchester City, on the day that marked the 10th anniversary of the Argentinian’s most celebrated strike, when he netted deep into stoppage time to earn the club their first Premier League crown.
What time was the Agüero goal?
Friday marks the 10th anniversary of Sergio Aguero’s dramatic injury-time title-clinching goal for Manchester City against QPR. Aguero struck with 93 minutes and 20 seconds on the clock as City came from behind to win 3-2 at the Etihad Stadium and snatch the Premier League crown from rivals Manchester United.
What minute and second did Agüero score against QPR?
The terms “93:20” and “Agueroooooo” have entered Manchester City folklore as a result, the former describing the exact second of the match at which point the final goal was scored, while the latter was commentator Martin Tyler’s live response to the goal.
Why was Aguero’s goal so special?
There are many who believe that Aguero’s goal was the most important in modern football history. Quite simply because it totally altered the balance of power not just in English football but even heralded the arrival of a new football power.
Which minute did Aguero score against QPR?
Aguero’s deft control and finish in the fourth minute of injury time of the final game of the season against QPR at Etihad Stadium has gone down in English football folklore. The goal won City their first Premier League title of the Abu Dhabi era.
What minute and second did Aguero score against QPR?
What year did Aguero score the last minute winner?
2012
Sergio Aguero’s last-minute Premier League-winning goal against QPR on 13 May 2012 was one of those moments.
Who kicked Aguero?
Nigel De Jong has explained why he avoided the temptation to play a long ball in the build-up to Sergio Aguero’s title-winning strike against Queen’s Park Rangers.
What is the lowest League Man City have been in?
After two seasons in Division One, City fell to the lowest point in their history, becoming the second ever European trophy winners to be relegated to their country’s third league tier, after 1.
Are Aguero’s goals still career defining?
All other Aguero goals — so many of them still career defining — somehow pale into insignificance. The dramatic 3-2 victory over relegation-threatened Queens Park Rangers enshrined him in both Manchester City and soccer folk law.
Why did Aguero retire from Barcelona?
It was perhaps fitting that Aguero confirmed his retirement just a day after Barcelona’s penalty shootout loss to Boca Juniors in the Maradona Cup — a friendly in Riyadh to pay tribute to the Argentine legend who played for both clubs and died in November last year.
How many times has Aguero won the EPL with Manchester City?
Aguero forged a reputation as clinical and cool finisher during his 10 years with Manchester City where he won five Premier League titles. We look back on a glittering career that’s seen Kun Aguero compared to both Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona. Aguero won the EPL with Manchester City in 2011/12, 2013/14, 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2020/21.
Who is better Aguero or Maradona?
Aguero actually scored more goals at both club (386 vs 259) and international (41 vs 34) level than Maradona and won 10 more major trophies (20 vs 10). But Maradona famously captained Argentina to the 1986 World Cup, while Aguero was brought to tears as Germany won the 2014 World Cup Final in extra-time in Brazil.