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Man City's Sergio Aguero will 'die scoring goals', Pep Guardiola says

Sergio Aguero celebrates his third goal in Manchester City's 6-0 win at Watford
Image: Sergio Aguero has scored 175 goals in just over six seasons at Man City

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero will be scoring goals until the day he dies.

The prolific Aguero is just two goals short of equalling Manchester City's all-time goalscoring record having scored 175 times since moving to the Etihad Stadium in 2011.

City boss Guardiola has worked with Aguero to develop his all-round game but there has never been any doubt about the 29-year-old Argentinian's finishing ability.

Guardiola said: "All we can say is just to convince him to be involved in the way we want to play - not to be (just) like a striker heading the ball in the box and scoring a goal, but to try to make one high press in the right moment to help to win the ball as quickly possible, to attack as quickly as possible and to be involved in the process to play football.

Sergio Aguero celebrates his third goal in Manchester City's 6-0 win at Watford
Image: Sergio Aguero has scored 175 goals in just over six seasons at Man City

"I like the strikers who play in the process, like I don't just like the central defenders to defend. They have to be involved in the play.

"All the players in the world decide to play football for one reason - to play with the ball. Especially when they were kids, they enjoyed the training sessions when they had the ball, and I like all of them to be involved in that. Sergio too.

"But of course he has the character to score goals. He had it in the past in Argentina as a young boy. His mother and father gave him that talent. He will die scoring goals, there is no doubt about that."

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Sergio Aguero completes his hat-trick with Manchester City's fifth goal at Vicarage Road
Image: Aguero's hat-trick against Watford was the 10th of his City career

Aguero has scored six goals in as many appearances this season, including a hat-trick - his 10th for the club - in last week's 6-0 hammering of Watford.

He will get his first chance to challenge the 177-goal record mark of Eric Brook, which has stood since 1939, as bottom side Crystal Palace visit in the Premier League on Saturday.

Guardiola said: "The record is going to be broken. Where? I don't know. Maybe at home would be better."

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