Manchester City will fly to Basel for Tuesday’s Champions League last-16 encounter in fine heart due to this impressive win. Their lead is 16 points – until Manchester United play on Sunday, at least – and they need a maximum 20 more for a third Premier League title in six years.Sergio Agüero gave the latest illustration of his excellence with a second hat-trick in three home games and ended with his count for the club at 197. His third came on 77 minutes and was due to a Kasper Schmeichel mistake that gave the ball to him. Agüero calmly chipped the No 1 to make it 4-1 and that was contest over before he smashed a fourth at the close. Continue readingreadfullarticle
