Sergio Aguero couldn’t hide his delight as Manchester City thumped local rivals Manchester United in the derby on Sunday.
United had put up a decent fight in the first half, going in 2-1 down at the break, but City’s quality showed after the interval with Ralf Rangnick’s side looking increasingly demoralised.
City made the perfect start with De Bruyne putting them ahead in the fifth minute, slotting home a low pulled-back pass from Bernardo Silva after they overloaded the left-side.
But United drew level through a superb curling shot from Jadon Sancho, who took his time and cut inside after a swift break before beating Ederson with his confident strike.
But Belgian De Bruyne restored City’s advantage finding the target after Phil Foden had powered into the area and seen his shot parried out by David De Gea.
City dominated after the break and made it 3-1 when De Bruyne struck a corner deep to the edge of the box and Mahrez met it with a first-time drive which took a slight deflection off Harry Maguire.
Mahrez completed the victory with a goal that was initially flagged as offside but VAR found the Alex Telles had played the Algerian onside before he latched on to an Ilkay Gundogan pass and blasted in off the shoulder of De Gea.
Man City’s club-record goalscorer took to Twitter to praise his former side, with many other supporters taking the chance to laud Mahrez’s brilliant strike to hand City their third of the game.
Golazo de @Mahrez22 , Impresionante agarrándola de sobre pique . Todo lo hace sencillo . @PhilFoden El mejor Del City hoy sin dudas .
— Sergio Kun Aguero (@aguerosergiokun) March 6, 2022
Riyad Mahrez is world class.
That is all
— 🏴Dylan (@TheNew4bn0rmal_) March 6, 2022
Riyad Mahrez this season!! Beautiful 🥺💙
— BigManHuncho (@AphiriMatlhatsi) March 6, 2022
RIYAD MAHREZ THAT WAS INSANE
— D4vid💎 (@yzyd4vid) March 6, 2022
One of the important key to win for city this city
He must start every single— Reda Habibi (@habibi_reda) March 6, 2022
DIFFERENT GRAVY
— Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan (@SheikhMCI) March 6, 2022
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