Man City 6-0 Chelsea: Sergio Aguero hat-trick pegs Liverpool back, Chelsea hit for SIX
Sergio Aguero struck his second hat-trick in a week as the champions ruthlessly destroyed woeful Chelsea in a 6-0 win to return to the top of the Premier League. See how the action unfolded with Express Sport.
City and Liverpool are both on 65 points with City having the better goal difference although they have played one more game than their rivals. Third-placed Tottenham, who beat Leicester City 3-1 earlier on Sunday, are five points behind.
Aguero, who scored a hat-trick seven days ago against Arsenal, has now equalled Alan Shearer's record of 11 Premier League hat-tricks.
Raheem Sterling fired City ahead in the fourth minute with a side-foot finish after a quick free-kick from Kevin De Bruyne had caught the Chelsea defence napping.
After Aguero had somehow missed an open goal from two metres, the Argentine promptly beat goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga with a blistering strike from 25 metres.
A poor header towards his own goal from Chelsea's Ross Barkley gifted Aguero with City's third goal and then a low drive from Ilkay Gundogan made it 4-0 after 25 minutes.
Following the break, Aguero, who also became City's top scorer in league games, headed against the bar before he completed his hat-trick from the penalty spot after Sterling had been brought down by Cesar Azpilicueta.
Sterling completed the rout, turning in a low cross from Oleksandr Zinchenko in the 80th. The defeat was Chelsea's worst since their 7-0 loss to Nottingham Forest in 1991.
MANCHESTER CITY 6-0 CHELSEA | STERLING (3, 79), AGUERO (12, 18, 55), GUNDOGAN (24)
Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Zinchenko, Gundogan, Fernandinho, Bernardo Silva, Sterling, De Bruyne, Aguero
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: GETTY)
That’s all folks
18:30: Thanks for joining me today for our LIVE coverage of the Premier League. I’ll be back again tomorrow to bring you all the updates of Wolves vs Newcastle.
I suspect those Chelsea players will still be locked in the dressing room by that point…
No sign of Sarri…
18:25: Still no sign of Maurizio Sarri or his Chelsea players. It looks like he’s locked his players in the dressing room - similar to his reaction after seeing his side concede four to Bournemouth a few weeks ago.
‘Incredible week’
18:20: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola speaks to BBC Sport: "Incredible week, incredible game. We are lucky to score three from the first four actions. After 3-0 they were much better than us and after 5-0 it was not easy for them.
"Chelsea take the ball, play incredible, so that's why I am very pleased after we played Arsenal, Everton and had a few days to recover.
"To scored six against Chelsea and the way we played, we had so much attention. We did it, it's an incredible compliment to the players, they are outstanding.
"We spoke this morning, we trained set pieces, trained some movements and I never thought we would score this amount of goals."
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: REUTERS)
‘He didn’t see me’
18:15: "I spoke with Gianfranco [Zola] and he [Maurizio Sarri] didn’t see me,” Pep Guardiola generously says when asked about the handshake snub.
Dry January...
18:11: Chelsea haven't scored an away goal in 2019. No goals against Tottenham, Arsenal, Bournemouth and Manchester City. At least they have Malmo on Thursday, right?
‘Terrific performance’
18:06: Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling speaking to Sky Sports: "It was a terrific performance from the team - the manager set us up and got us ready for the game. Sergio is a player we depend on. You saw with his first strike putting the ball in the top corner - you have to cherish players like that.
"It was just a win and another three points. The most important thing is to get three points."
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Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: REUTERS)
Drubbing…
18:04: Chelsea suffered their heaviest defeat in any competition since losing 0-7 to Nottingham Forest in April 1991.
Twitter round-up
Kerry: Sarri is good friends with Pep. That was classless refusing to shake hands with Pep after a 6-0 loss. It must be the cigarettes working.
Ashley: The best to watch about this game as a Liverpool fan was Mike Dean hesitating to give Aguero the ball at the end.
Tom: Looks like Sarri is doomed so maybe it's time for 'Jose Wars. Episode III: Revenge of the Sulk'.
Tim: I laughed with the guy who predicted this scoreline by Chelsea's couple of last games, which were 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0.
He's at it again. Mike Dean hides the match ball from hat-trick hero Sergio Aguero.
18:00: You just can’t keep this guy out of the headlines!
Mike Dean, who already sent the internet into meltdown by pointing to the penalty spot in an incredibly theatrical fashion, has done it again.
The referee puts the match ball up his shirt and behind his back. He waits for Sergio Aguero to walk over before revealing the ball and embracing the Argentine.
Bizarre, weird and downright hilarious.
Trolling
17:59: Manchester City rubbing salt in the wounds immediately after the match by playing Chelsea’s winning song ‘One Step Beyond’ over the PA system.
Snub…
17:55: I really have no idea why Maurizio Sarri refused to shake Pep Guardiola’s hand after the full-time whistle. I didn’t see the City boss do anything to wind up his counterpart.
Perhaps he was just upset and wanted to get back into the dressing room as quick as possible. Stay tuned and hopefully we’ll find out what happened in the post-match interviews.
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: SKYSPORTS)
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: SKYSPORTS)
MANCHESTER CITY 6-0 CHELSEA
FT: Well… what can you say about that. Chelsea have been ripped apart by Manchester City, who knocked a sensational SIX past their supposed Premier league rivals.
Quite a sobering day for Maurizio Sarri, who completely ignores Pep Guardiola’s handshake and walks straight down the tunnel.
Pep looked mystified at the snub and Gianfranco Zola looks a shade embarrassed by the manager’s decision.
92: City doing the honourable thing and simply passing the ball around the back. There won’t be a seventh goal here today folks.
90: Three minutes of added time. Just a bit more torture for Chelsea to survive before a full inquest. It’s going to be a very interesting 24 hours.
89: Sergio Aguero voted Man of the Match… surprisingly.
86: Saying that, could they gamble on Gianfranco Zola having the same effect as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer?
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: REUTERS)
85:What on earth should Chelsea do now? They’ve got two Europa League fixtures coming up, as well as an FA Cup tie with Manchester United and a Carabao Cup final against Manchester City. Surely sacking Maurizio Sarri isn’t an option with those games on the horizon?
83:Not that Chelsea fans will care right now, but that goal sees Arsenal jump above the west London side into fifth position.
MANCHESTER CITY 6-0 CHELSEA | STERLING
80: Liquid football. That was a joy to watch for everyone NOT associated with Chelsea.
Jesus starts the move with an incredible solo run down the left flank. He cuts the ball inside for David Silva, who immediately slices through the Chelsea defence to find Oleksandr Zinchenko.
The left-back fires the ball across the penalty area where Raheem Sterling, who started all this off, scoops the ball home. 6-0. Yes, 6-0 to Manchester City.
78: Booked! Ilkay Gundogan unnecessarily chops down Ruben Loftus-Cheek outside the penalty area. Emerson decides to take the free-kick himself and fires straight at Ederson.
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: REUTERS)
75: Close!It should be 6-0 as Gabriel Jesus goes through one-on-one with Kepa. The Brazilian striker takes a little too much time before pulling the trigger. Save.
David Silva replaces Fernandinho. Pep Guardiola clearly feels comfortable to remove his defensive midfielder with a six-goal advantage.
72: Maurizio Sarri makes another change with Emerson replacing Marcos Alonso. That’ll please some Chelsea fans, who have completely lost it with the Spanish full-back.
I’ve lost it with Martin Tyler myself, who’s just spent three minutes discussing Emerson, Lake & Palmer. You know, the English progressive rock supergroup formed in London in 1970…
69: What do you make of this tweet from Mark Ogden?
“Chelsea showing what happens when you replace top players with less able ones. Courtois/Kepa, Kante/Jorginho, Costa/Morata, Terry & Cahill/Luiz & Rudiger. Pulisic is no Hazard, either…”
Is it the personal or the style though? Diego Costa is the biggest miss in my eyes. They never replaced him.
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: REUTERS)
67:Fernandinho fancies getting on the scoresheet and nearly catches Kepa cold with a long-ranger from 25 yards. The Chelsea stopper makes the stop.
Riyad Mahrez, y’know, that £60million squad player comes on for the final 20 minutes. He replaces Kevin De Bruyne as Pep Guardiola gives a few of his players a rest.
64: Ironic cheers as Eden Hazard fires into the side-netting from an acute angle.
Small mercy for Chelsea as Sergio Aguero leave the field. He’s replaced by Gabriel Jesus for the final 25 minutes. Ruben Loftus-Cheek also comes on for Pedro.
61: So Chelsea started the weekend in fourth position. Manchester United bumped them down to fifth with a victory against Fulham. Now, a six goal swing would see them drop underneath Arsenal on goal difference. And I thought my life-altering hangover was bad…
58: Nearly a sixth for Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne has a free-kick just outside the area that Kepa unconvincingly parries high into the sky. Chelsea hack it clear.
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: REUTERS)
MANCHESTER CITY 5-0 CHELSEA | AGUERO
55: What did you expect? Sergio Aguero completes his hat-trick from the penalty spot with cool and composed finish to send Kepa the wrong way.
Pluck a number out of the air, and that could well be the scoreline today.
PENALTY TO MANCHESTER CITY
54: Cesar Azpilicueta brings down Raheem Sterling close to the byline and Mike Dean theatrically points to the spot.
55: Hmmmm. Not the most inspired substitution. Ross Barkley is hooked with Mateo Kovacic taking his place. Like-for-like.
54: Woodwork! Sergio Aguero is inches from grabbing a hat-trick when heading Oleksandr Zinchenko’s cross against the crossbar from eight yards away.
51: I spy Sarri furiously scribbling down notes in his notepad on the sidelines. “Score four and keep job,” are a couple of the bullet-points I would imagine.
48: No changes from either side over the break. I think this is one of those ‘make them suffer and prove me wrong’ decisions from Maurizio Sarri.
MANCHESTER CITY 4-0 CHELSEA
45: And we’re back underway.
Jamie Carragher was doing his best to aggravate a couple of sets of supporters with his criticism of Chelsea today.
"It looks like Sarri has turned Chelsea into Arsenal - the Arsenal team that has got battered away from home in the last few years because they have been too weak. You couldn’t say that about Chelsea in the past but this looks like a weak team," he told Sky Sports. Ouch!
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: REUTERS)
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: REUTERS)
Twitter round-up
Alex: Newcastle concede three goals to Manchester City this season in two games. Chelsea have conceded four in 25 minutes… let that sink in Chelsea fans!
James: Manchester City grew bored of mauling Chelsea during that 45 minutes. The fact they scored four and still had time to coast shows you how one-sided this has been.
Ollie: There’s no sensible argument to keeping Maurizio Sarri in a job. Somehow, this team have gone backwards from an absolute disaster of a season last year. No chance we’re getting top four!
T’Challa: The whole Chelsea board, coach and director must be sacked! You bring in a coach that has not won a trophy to Chelsea?!
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: PA)
MANCHESTER CITY 4-0 CHELSEA
HT: Do we know is Maurizio Sarri has kicked the smoking habit? If so, I’ll allow him one over the break because this has been a mauling.
Manchester City are in cruise control at half time with a stunning 4-0 lead. Goals from Raheem Sterling, Sergio Aguero and Ilkay Gundogan did the damage inside the opening 24 minutes.
It sounds strange to say, but I don’t think the Chelsea players have thrown in the towel. They are still trying.
45: Strange to see the manager of a side winning 4-0 throwing his arms up in frustration. Pep Guardiola isn’t too pleased that City have been pinned in their own half since the 30-minute mark.
Two minutes of injury time.
43: Manchester City have taken their foot off the gas since going 4-0 ahead. Bernardo Silva fouls Eden Hazard near the corner flag and is rather fortunate to avoid a booking having shouted at Mike Dean.
The ball is played to Jorginho, who couldn’t control it and City hack it clear.
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: REUTERS)
40: Will this be the game that convinces Maurizio Sarri to play N’Golo Kante as a defensive midfielder rather than in an advanced position? You’d hope so.
Then again, will the Italian still be in a job on Monday morning?
38: Save! Finally something for Chelsea to shout about. Gonzalo Higuain flicks a clearance up and arrows a half-volley that’s heading for the top corner until Ederson tips it over the crossbar. Good save, good effort. Corner comes to nothing.
35: Maurizio Sarri doesn’t appear to have made any tactical changes to prevent Jorginho being drowned in midfield.
In other, more cheerful news… Sergio Aguero has become just the 6th player in PL history to register 200 goal involvements for a single club in the competition, after Wayne Rooney (Man Utd), Ryan Giggs (Man Utd), Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Frank Lampard (Chelsea) and Steven Gerrard (Liverpool).
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: REUTERS)
33:Blimey, I just remembered that these two are scheduled to play again in the Carabao Cup final in a few weeks. Who’d you reckon will be favourites for that first piece of silverware?
30:Ironic cheers as Pedro spins past Laporte and tamely fires straight at Ederson. I was going to praise the save but the shot was straight at the Brazilian goalkeeper.
27: Rotherham (7-0) and Burton (9-0) were each only 1-0 down against Manchester City at this point.
25: Chelsea have conceded four goals in consecutive away top flight matches for the first time since December 1990.
MANCHESTER CITY 4-0 CHELSEA | GUNDOGAN
24: Chelsea have been completely and utterly humiliated inside the opening 24 minutes.
I can’t believe I’m writing this - but Manchester City lead 4-0 and there’s not even 25 minutes on the clock at the Etihad Stadium.
Ilkay Gundogan adds a fourth when David Luiz’s clearance finds him on the edge of the penalty area. The midfielder lets fly and the ball squeezes past Kepa. Poor goalkeeping.
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: REUTERS)
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18: It’s three! Manchester City don’t need any help scoring - but Ross Barkley has gifted Sergio Aguero his second of the afternoon.
The former Everton midfielder leaps to head the ball clear, but skews it back to Aguero, who would have been in an offside position if a City player had touched it.
He makes no mistake and sends City three clear.
16: I mean… Chelsea wanted to be ambitious today and take the game to the champions. But all they’ve done is play into their hands. Could be a cricket score today.
13: Seriously worrying times for Chelsea. Maurizio Sarri asked his side to be more consistent after their thumping win over Huddersfield. I don’t think they were listening.
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: REUTERS)
MANCHESTER CITY 2-0 CHELSEA | AGUERO
10: Stop what you’re doing and find a replay of that goal because it’s a pure, unadulterated worldie.
A few minutes after missing from two-yards out, Aguero has collected the ball from Zinchenko before unleashing a thunderous drive from 25-yards. Total banger from the Argentine.
You know it's a good goal when Sky Sports commentator Gary Neville makes his orgasm noise…
GOAL FOR MAN CITY
Raheem Sterling curls it into the far corner after Eden Hazard fell asleep defensively.
Nobody can quite believe what they’ve seen as Sergio Aguero literally misses an open goal from two-yards out. Bernardo Silva wriggled away from David Luiz before serving it on a plate for the Argentine.
Pep, in the most spectacularly theatrical fashion, falls to the floor and covers his eyes. 9/10 rating from the judges.
6: Raheem Sterling has scored his first Premier League goal against Chelsea in his 11th appearance against them, scoring with his 13th shot against the Blues.
5: It feels fairly poignant that Raheem Sterling scored that opener to draw City level with Liverpool. Not quite sure why - he’s not been at Anfield for years now.
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: REUTERS)
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: REUTERS)
MANCHESTER CITY 1-0 CHELSEA | STERLING
3: Wow. Now that’s just the start you want. Three minutes on the clock and Manchester City have taken the lead.
Chelsea are caught sleeping as City take a free-kick quickly. Bernardo Silva's ball is deflected to the back post and Raheem Sterling is there to meet it emphatically.
Floodgates to open? Chelsea were looking mighty good in the first couple of minutes.
2: Eden Hazard looks in ominously good form folks. Be afraid. Be very afraid. He plucks the ball out of the sky before roasting Kyle Walker and sending a low cross over to Gonzalo Higuain. He’s crowded out before he can pull the trigger - but that’s an unmistakable warning.
MANCHESTER CITY 0-0 CHELSEA
1: Right then. Y’all ready for a potentially title-deciding showdown? Good. Were underway…
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: PA)
Predictions?
15:59: Fresh from my correct 3-1 prediction in the Tottenham clash - I’m going with the same scoreline here at the Etihad Stadium today.
Here they come
15:55: And here come the sides on a blustery afternoon in Manchester. The Chelsea players were made to wait in the tunnel for a good few minutes before the Manchester City players emerged from their dressing room.
I assume we’ll find out why in the next Amazon series. Minus the entertaining parts of course…
Concern…
15:52: Chelsea are winless in their last six Premier League away games against ‘big six’ opposition (D2 L4), losing the last four in a row.
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Mike ‘man, myth, legend’ Dean…
15:50: Huge clash at the Etihad Stadium coming up later but everyone’s talking about one thing…
Mike Dean’s 100th red card. Obviously.
Dean, who takes charge of his 473rd Premier League game today, is on the verge of his 100th red card with a whopping 18.1 percent being dished out to City and Chelsea players. Both sides have received a total of nine cards each.
Boffins at TheSportsman.com have taken a closer look at each of Mike Deans 99 Premier League red cards to date.
He sends off a Manchester City player once every 6.1 games he officiates with them involved. Chelsea’s record is slightly better disciplined, with the referee sending off one of their players every 6.9 games.
Dean is particularly card happy in clashes between teams in the ‘big six’. Out of the 49 clashes he’s officiated, he’s produced 18 red cards (0.4 per game) and 236 yellow cards (4.8 per game).
If Mike Dean is to send a player of today, the 2018/19 season will be his most prolific year for sendings off. His personal best came in 2007/08 & 2015/16 where he sent off nine players, and he’s already on nine sendings off this season.
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: REUTERS)
Record-breaker
15:48: Pep Guardiola has hailed the enduring class of Sergio Aguero as the striker nears another Manchester City goalscoring milestone.
The Argentinian, with 157 league goals, is one short of equalling the club record held jointly by Tommy Johnson and Eric Brook.
Aguero, 30, is already the club's overall record scorer, having powered on to 219 since surpassing Brook's previous best mark of 177 last season.
Guardiola said: "The big players need to appear in the key games, the big moments, and he did it. Hopefully he can continue doing it. In the big games we need important players.”
I could also do with a hat-trick to salvage my ailing FPL hopes…
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: REUTERS)
Gonzallloooooo…
15:45: Maurizio Sarri has backed Gonzalo Higuain, his footballing son, to reproduce his best form.
Not sure that I’m a fan of this ‘footballing father son’ business.
Higuain scored 36 Serie A goals in 35 appearances for Sarri's Napoli in 2015-16.
And the 60-year-old Blues boss says the 31-year-old striker is keen to respond from a disappointing loan spell at AC Milan earlier this season.
"In the moment he is really very determined," Sarri said. "Gonzalo is very suitable for my football, so the feeling is really fantastic."
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: REUTERS)
Omen?
15:40: Pep Guardiola has lost more league games against Chelsea than he has versus any other team in his managerial career (3)
Twitter round-up
Chris: Honestly, someone tell me how we're going to get something away at City with Alonso and Barkley… CHO not even on the bench, if we get hammered today, it'll all be on this clueless team selection!
Ben: If Chelsea had Son we would be contenders for the Premier League.
Sumo: If Marcos Alonso starts for the remainder of the season, I don't see us finishing in top 4 and winning a trophy.
Not much love for Marcos Alonso out there. Wasn’t long ago that he was the first name on the team sheet.
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: REUTERS)
Spurs march on…
15:35: I don’t know if you watched the Tottenham vs Leicester clash at Wembley - but it was an absolute classic. Son wrapped up the points in stoppage-time to leave Spurs two points behind Manchester City.
What do you think? Do Mauricio Pocehttino’s side have a real shot at the title?
Team news
15:30: Kevin De Bruyne returns for Manchester City side as the champions take on the Belgian's former club Chelsea.
Playmaker De Bruyne, who was on the bench at Everton in midweek, is one of three changes to Pep Guardiola's team as City look to reclaim top spot in the table.
Raheem Sterling and Oleksandr Zinchenko also start while David Silva, Nicolas Otamendi and Leroy Sane are among the substitutes.
Chelsea make two changes with Antonio Rudiger and Pedro replacing Andreas Christensen and Willian. Eden Hazard and new signing Gonzalo Higuain are again in tandem.
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: GETTY)
The line-ups
15:00: And here are your starting XI’s. Pep Guardiola boldly benches Leroy Sane and David Silva. Gonzalo Higuain starts in attack for the visitors.
Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Zinchenko, Gundogan, Fernandinho, Bernardo Silva, Sterling, De Bruyne, Aguero.
Subs: Muric, Danilo, Sane, David Silva, Mahrez, Otamendi, Jesus.
14:50: Hello everyone and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Premier League.
How’s everyone feeling? Nervous I would imagine.
We’ve got a seriously high-stakes clash at the Etihad Stadium this afternoon with both Manchester City and Chelsea desperate for three points.
City, who are currently three points behind league leaders Liverpool, need the win to draw level and reclaim top position having played a game extra.
Chelsea, meanwhile, have a battle of their own having seen Manchester United leapfrog them into the Champions League places yesterday.
That’s enough waffle from me - let’s see those lineups!
Manchester City vs Chelsea: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from the Etihad Stadium (Image: GETTY)
MANCHESTER CITY vs CHELSEA
Manchester City are still without defenders Benjamin Mendy and Vincent Kompany.
Left-back Mendy, who has missed the last four games, is being managed carefully as he returns from knee surgery and captain Kompany is still troubled by a muscular problem. Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo (Achilles) is still out long term but City have no fresh injury concerns.
Antonio Rudiger could return to Chelsea's starting line-up. The German defender was not risked in last week's 5-0 win over Huddersfield due to a knock, so Andreas Christensen deputised. The Dane is likely to make way. Callum Hudson-Odoi has been ill, so may not even be among the substitutes.
Last season: Man City 1 Chelsea 0, Chelsea 0 Man City 1
Last five league matches: Man City W W L W W; Chelsea D W L L W
Top scorers (all competitions): Sergio Aguero (Man City) 20; Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 15