UCL: Aguero stars in City triumph, Atletico Madrid tear apart Leverkusen

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Aguero scored twice for Manchester City against Monaco on Tuesday. Image Source: twitter

Internet Desk: Argentine star Sergio Aguero  led the side as an example as Pep Guardiola’s Man City rallied past French Giant Monaco 5-3 in a thoroughly entertaining Champions League last 16 1st leg tie in front of a cheerful Etihad Stadium on Tuesday.

English winger Raheem Sterling gave City the all important lead, only for Kylian Mbappe to equalise and Radamel Falcao to score twice, and among them, the second goal with a sublime chip, as Monaco took a 3-2 lead. But Guardiola’s men scored thrice in the last 19 minutes, through Aguero’s second goal and then by John Stones and Leroy Sane, to put Pep Guardiola’s men in march ahead of the return leg on March 15.

In another match, Atletico Madrid fans got ecstatic last night to see their star attraction Antoine Griezmann scored as they thumped a late cyclone  against Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday to claim a 4-2 triumph in the first leg of their Champions League Round of 16 tie.

Saul Niguez and Griezmann put the Spanish side two goals up at the interval, but Leverkusen pulled one back through Karim Bellarabi at the start of the second half.

A Kevin Gameiro penalty then restored Atletico’s two-goal advantage just before the hour mark, and while a Stefan Savic own goal gave Leverkusen hope again, Fernando Torres came off the bench to make it 4-2 late on.

The home side put in a brave performance and came close to equalising in the last 10 minutes, but Torres’s late goal sealed a deserved victory for the visitors ahead of the return in Spain next month.