The Lethal Legend vs. The Misfiring Prospect: How Sergio Agüero Got His Groove Back

January, 2017: Manchester City play out a 2-2 draw with Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham in a game that Guardiola’s men really deserved to win. City were two goals to the good on the hour mark after quick fire goals from Leroy Sané and Kevin De Bruyne, but the away side clawed back to a draw via Dele Alli and Heung-min Son.

That game may primarily be remembered as two points dropped for City on a cold Manchester’s evening, but it will secondarily be remembered as the day Gabriel Jesus was introduced to the fan base at the Etihad. City looked shocked and didn’t know how to react to Spurs’ equaliser, but the introduction of Brazilian forward Jesus injected a new lease of life into City – the youngster brought pace and excitement to a City side who were struggling to win these sort of games under new boss Guardiola.

Jesus netted a tap-in in the last seconds and sprinted to his left to embrace the Etihad crowd who were screaming with joy, only for his goal to be ruled offside.

The trademark ‘Alo Mae’ celebration was to be put on hold for the time being, but his cameo against Spurs was more than enough to get the City fan base talking.