Aguero rewarded with huge fee after title clincher
Caption: Aguero left with Zabalata right stand together before cup parade.
Sergio Aguero was as good as his
word on Sunday when he scored the stoppage-time winner against
Queens Park Rangers that sealed
Manchester City's first title
for 44 years.
The Argentine, signed for a reported 45 million euros from
Atletico Madrid, vowed at the time he would "fight to the death"
to bring the glory days back to City and with 60 seconds of
stoppage time left at the Etihad and the score 2-2 he delivered.
Speeding into the area he was as cool as a cucumber to smash
the ball past QPR keeper Paddy Kenny before celebrating by
whipping off his blue shirt and waving it above his head and
then being buried under a pile of his team mates.
It was his 23rd league goal of an impressive first season in
English football and by far the most priceless.
"I'm really really happy," Aguero, husband to one of
Diego
Maradona's daughters, said on the pitch as ecstatic fans chanted
his
name inside the stadium following the 3-2 win that nicked
City the title on goal difference from
Manchester United.
"We can hardly believe it ourselves. We thought the Premier
league had gone but thank God it worked out for us.
"We scored twice in the final five minutes. It's absolutely
unbelievable.
"It was getting very complicated and difficult for us but we
made the most of that five minutes (of stoppage time)."
With former crowd favourite and fellow Argentine
Carlos
Tevez having fallen out of favour with the club's fans following
his public spat with coach
Roberto Mancini after refusing to
warm up in a Champions League tie in September, Aguero has
become the new darling of the Etihad faithful.
"They've treated me very well from the moment I arrived," he
said. "Let's hope this is the first of many titles.
"My personal objective is to keep improving as a player and
win more trophies. This has given me even more confidence."
