Guardiola: Aguero a City legend

The victory helped City move to the Premier League summit and moved Aguero to within three goals of City's all-time record goalscorer Eric Brook.

"Hopefully that will happen very soon, and hopefully we can have a big celebration," Guardiola explained, when talking about Aguero becoming City's all-time record scorer.

"Hopefully the club can do that one day soon in the stadium at the game. He's a legend, and it's a part of history in the club."

Speaking of Aguero as a player, Guardiola told the press: "Listen I always think he works hard. But he's a guy I encourage to play, not just to score goals.

"I don't want just two or three players defending or trying to score goals, I want everyone defending and everyone attacking. I want to see every player move towards the ball, especially the strikers."

The goals come just two weeks after Aguero become the Premier League's all-time record non-European goalscorer.

The hat-trick was Aguero's sixth for City, meaning that only Alan Shearer (11), Robbie Fowler (9), Michael Owen and Thierry Henry (both 8) have scored more in the Premier League era.

Following the game, Guardiola also explained that Aguero's decision to allow Raheem Sterling to take a late penalty rather than take it himself showed how much of a team player he is.

"I like it when the taker is the taker. You have to be serious until the end. You never know what might happen at the end of the season in terms of the goal difference," he explained.

"But Sergio did it against Liverpool when he made an assist to Gabriel [Jesus] and today it was the decision of Sergio. For me, that's fine. It's not a problem.

"For the confidence of Raheem, he played a good game so it's important for many players to score goals."