Sergio Aguero scored twice to help Manchester City go top of the Premier League on goal difference on Saturday while champions Chelsea pulled off an extraordinary escape in a 3-3 draw at home to Everton.
Argentine striker Aguero, last season’s top scorer back in full flow after returning from injury, proved more than a handful for Crystal Palace as City romped to a 4-0 home win at the Etihad Stadium.
City leapfrogged leaders Arsenal and Leicester City, with the top three all level on 43 points. Leicester were playing bottom side Aston Villa in the late kickoff while Arsenal travel to Stoke City on Sunday.
“Was it comfortable? No, because you never know in this game,” Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini told the BBC.
“The first half, the two goals gave us more space as they’ve had to go for the draw. That allowed us to use that space and score two more.”
Aguero scored in the 41st minute, after Palace goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey failed to prevent Fabian Delph’s long-range shot squirming under him in the 22nd, doubled his tally in the 68th and then set up David Silva for a late fourth.
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