A little over two minutes before the moment that will forever define his career, Manchester City hero Sergio Aguero showed sharpness in the Queens Park Rangers goalmouth that would not have been out of place at Old Trafford.
Old Trafford cricket ground that is, just down the road from City s bitter rivals and their home of the same name.
As Edin Dzeko s equaliser from David Silva s right-wing corner bounced back off the netting, Aguero pounced, snaffling it like a quicksilver short-leg fielder and darting back to the centre circle for City s final tilt at the improbable.
There was certainly nothing wrong with the striker s movement after Joey Barton brazenly tried to dead leg him – one of many surreal and key incidents that fed into a frenzied and famous race a…