Bristol City 2-3 Manchester City (3-5 on aggregate): 5 Talking Points

#3 Sergio Aguero is making the most of Gabriel Jesus' absence

Making hay while the sun shines

Throughout the season, Pep Guardiola has alternated between his two strikers - Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus, with some fans initially claiming that the Spanish tactician had begun to favour Jesus over Aguero.

In fact, the last time Sergio Aguero played 3 full Premier League games in a row, was back in September 2017. However, ever since Gabriel Jesus was tragically injured during City's game against Crystal Palace, Sergio Aguero has had an uncontested share of the spotlight, and boy, has he made the most of it!

The game that saw Jesus being sidelined for over a month - against Palace - was on December 31st. Since then, City have played a total of 6 games (3 in the Premier League, 2 legs against Bristol City in the Carabao Cup, and 1 against Burnley in the FA Cup).

Notably, Aguero has featured in all 6 of those games, starting 5 and coming on as a substitute in the 6th.

The Argentine's 3 league starts were against Watford, Liverpool and Newcastle, from which he amassed a total of 4 goals and 1 assist. In City's 4-1 win against Burnley in the FA Cup, Aguero scored 2 important goals.

Over the two legs against Bristol City in the Carabao Cup, Aguero played for a total of about 110 minutes, and scored 2 more goals (1 in the first-leg and 1 in the second-leg).

That's an impressive combined total of 8 goals and 1 assist in his last 6 outings for Sergio Aguero. Further, with Jesus expected to return only in February, Kun is bound to make the most of the next few games and inadvertently exacerbate Guardiola's selection headache.