Five-goal Aguero steals the show as Manchester City steamrolls Newcastle

London - Sergio Aguero plundered five goals in a dizzying 20-minute spell as Manchester City demolished Newcastle United 6-1 on Saturday to reclaim first place in the Premier League table.

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City had lost their previous two league games and went behind in the 18th minute when Aleksandar Mitrovic headed home, but Aguero equalised in the 42nd minute before hitting the net again four more times.

Kevin De Bruyne also scored, as well as teeing up two of Aguero's goals, as Manuel Pellegrini's side provisionally moved two points clear of Manchester United, who visit Arsenal on Sunday.

Aguero, 27, became the fifth player to score five goals in an English top-flight game since the launch of the Premier League in 1992 after Andrew Cole, Alan Shearer, Jermain Defoe and Dimitar Berbatov.

But Pellegrini's decision to withdraw him in the 64th minute, with Wilfried Bony going on, denied the Argentina international a chance to set a new record.

Mitrovic had opened his Newcastle account with a header from Georginio Wijnaldum's cross, but from there on it was all about Aguero at the Etihad Stadium.

He nodded in the equaliser after David Silva's cross was headed back across goal by Fernandinho and put City in front four minutes into the second half with a deflected left-foot shot.

He raced onto De Bruyne's pass and dinked a shot past Tim Krul to complete his hat-trick, before De Bruyne looped a volley over Krul from substitute Jesus Navas' cross.

Aguero's fourth goal, on the hour, saw him curl a shot into the bottom-right corner from the edge of the box and two minutes later he had a fifth after tapping in De Bruyne's low cross.