After Aguero left the Etihad, he was one of three legendary Man City players to be carved outside the stadium. Along with Vicent Kompany and David Silva, Aguero witnessed living with The Citizens in the first days of their own hands opening the Premier League era for themselves.
Everyone still remembers the goal against QPR in the last seconds of round 38 of the Premier League 2011-2012, helping Manchester City win the tournament for the first time. That moment not only helped the team win the title, it was a milestone to elevate Man City to the giant of the most fierce playground on the planet.
If Aguero had not scored and Manchester United had won the championship that day, the blue team may not have a good foundation to be unbeaten like now.
Since August 2011 until the time of saying goodbye to Man City, Aguero has scored 260 goals and 184 of those were established in the Premier League, the 5th most in the list of the greatest strikers in the tournament. He is also the top scorer in the foreign league since the EPL was established. El Kun still has the most hat-tricks (12).
Those great numbers are probably not enough to talk about the importance of Aguero in the history of Man City in particular and the Premier League in general. The Argentine striker is not the type of player who plays a part in the team's winning momentum in every match.
Aguero is the one who often scores decisive goals or personally breaks the deadlock. It is no coincidence that many strikers have visited the Etihad, before City of Manchester, and Aguero was honored with a statue.
When Manchester City began to mark their success in 2012, since Pep Guardiola took charge, they have only won one more championship in 2014. Pep is too good to gradually make the Premier League boring, but before that, it had to be very competitive, the Etihad team could take the top spot. Meanwhile, Chelsea, Manchester United or the phenomenon of Leicester City having finished in the highest position during this period. Aguero and his teammates had a hard time smiling victoriously after round 38.
Currently, Manchester City with stronger investment, with a more famous strategist, has completely "patched up" the Premier League. In this playground, Haaland's appearance was like the act of attaching a diamond to a scaffolding that was already too sharp for the team. Without the Norwegian striker, Manchester City have won the Premier League four times in their last five seasons.
Haaland is too good, too excellent, outstanding in history,... He may have a transfer fee that surpasses Neymar in 2017 at this time, but his influence in the squad cannot be compared to Aguero in previous years. There are Phil Foden, Kevin De Bruyne,... and many other players. Man City will win the Premier League this season (?) but Haaland may not be as expected. To reach or surpass the influence of his senior, the 22-year-old striker needs to lead the team to the Champions League title for the first time.
In 10 years of playing in the Premier League, Aguero has won the tournament 5 times. Haaland is taking his first steps and aiming to lift the trophy for the first time in a blue shirt to Manchester. Every time he steps to the Etihad, Haaland will pass by the tall Aguero statue in front of the stadium. That is both motivation and pressure for him to try harder.
