Manchester City’s Argentine striker Sergio Aguero was named Player of the Year in a vote by 250,000 English fans this week - and it probably won’t be the last honour he picks up this season.
The 26-year-old, who won the Premier League title with City in May and reached the World Cup final with Argentina in July, topped the Football Supporters Federation poll, ahead of City team mate Yaya Toure, Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling, Morgan Schneiderlin of Southampton and the Chelsea duo of Eden Hazard and Branislav Ivanovic.
He has scored 19 goals in all competitions already this season and 30 in his last 33 Premier League games and his unstoppable rocket from 20 meters which pulled City level at Sunderland on Wednesday left Sunderland substitute Jozy Altidore exclaiming “Oh My God!”.
Aguero has been playing like one of the gods all year and after being honoured by the FSF at its annual gala dinner in London on Monday, he said that the title race was far from over even though City trailed leader Chelsea by six points.
“We are two games behind them, six points, but there is still a long way to go. What is in our favour is that City know how to catch teams - we’ve done it in the past and can do it again.”
Aguero himself is hitting top form with a phenomenal run in recent weeks starting at the end of October when he scored all four in City’s 4-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur.
