Manchester City 6 Huddersfield 1: Sergio Aguero scores hat-trick as Terriers are hit for six

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Sergio Aguero scored his 13th Manchester City hat-trick as the champions ran riot with a 6-1 win over Huddersfield.

In the week in which a new documentary about the club was released to rave reviews (save from a certain Portuguese manager), this was a truly five-star performance from Pep Guardiola's side, as Gabriel Jesus and David Silva also found the net at the Etihad.

Huddersfield were the only team to stop City from scoring at home last season but a similar result never looked likely here, and Steve Mounie was lucky not to gift the home side an opener within two minutes when he sliced a clearance onto his own cross bar.

David Silva showed early signs of his usual creative genius on his 250th Premier League appearance, but it was goalkeeper Ederson who eventually unlocked the door on 25 minutes.

Hit for six: Huddersfield had an afternoon to forget
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From a goal kick he bypassed the Huddersfield press with a brilliant, arrowed 70-yard pass to Aguero. Goalkeeper Ben Hamer foolishly rushed out to meet him and the Argentine showed good composure to check back and loft over both Hamer and the covering Philip Billing for his first league goal of the season.

Just six minutes later the lead was doubled when Benjamin Mendy, once again playing as an auxiliary winger, powered his way through several challenges, the ball falling for Jesus, who fired in at the near post with doubts again about the quality of the goalkeeping.

For City's third, there were no doubts, just a plain, obvious howler. Hamer rushed to his near post for what should have been the routine collection of a Mendy cross, only to spill straight into the path of Aguero and the forward tucked away his second.

The one blot on City's first half copybook came two minutes from the interval, when Mounie flicked on a long throw and Jon Stankovic, playing his first competitive game in almost a year and a half after a serious knee injury, bundled home.

The three-goal cushion was restored almost immediately with a moment of absolute brilliance from Silva. With his baby son, who was born prematurely last year, watching on, the Spaniard curled a stunning free kick into the top corner with Hamer, this time, genuinely helpless.

Aguero missed several good chances to claim his hat-trick before eventually flicking home with what turned out to be his final touch after a sensational delivery from Mendy.

On came Leroy Sane and he was the creator of the sixth goal, racing in behind and though Hamer did well to block his effort, he could only watch as Terrence Kongolo deflected the ball into his own net.

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