While Sergio Agüero has been known to leave it even later before sparing Manchester City’s blushes in the past, he could hardly have picked a better time to offer a reminder of the devastating qualities that make him the most potent striker in the Premier League when he is fit and firing.

Agüero’s wonderful late header capped a magnificent City fightback against Watford, earning Manuel Pellegrini’s side their first away win in almost four months and keeping them within touching distance of Arsenal.
Trailing to Aleksandar Kolarov’s own goal, it appeared that City’s miserable away form was going to continue. Watford rarely gave them a moment’s peace and Quique Sánchez Flores’s side were superior for long stretches. However Yaya Touré hauled City level in the 82nd minute and Agüero scored the winner two minutes later, having spent most of the occasion looking out of sorts.