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A little over two minutes before the Julius Nattinen Women Jersey moment that will forever define his career, Manchester City hero Sergio Aguero showed sharpne s in the QPR goalmouth that would not have been out of place at Old Trafford.Old Trafford cricket ground that is, just down the road from Citys bitter rivals Manchester United and their home of the same name.As Edin Dzekos equaliser from David Silvas right-wing corner bounced back off the netting, Aguero pounced, snaffling it like a short-leg fielder and darting back to the centre circle for Citys final tilt at the improbable. It was 2-2, the Premier League title could still be won.There was certainly nothing wrong with striker Agueros 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 against the clock on May 13, 2012.Ten years on, as a statue ofAguero is revealed, this is a reminder of the special moment that brought City their first top-flight league title in 44 years. The whole story is now as well-worn as any in football history.On the cusp of a first top-flight title for 44 years, Robert Mancinis Manchester City faced relegation-threatened QPR on the final day of the season. In their previous 18 Premier League homematches that season, they had won 17 and drawn the other the most recent of those being a 1-0 win over United that Ducks Blank Women Jersey tipped a titanic Mancunian tu sle back towards the blue side of town.City simplyneeded to match Uniteds result at Sunderland and led 1-0 at the interval thanks to Pablo Zabaleta, only for second-half goals from Djibril Ci se and Jamie Mackie to turn the contest on its head. It remained 2-1 heading into stoppage time despite QPR operating with 10 men. City youth product Barton was dismi sed for tu sling with Carlos Tevez and responded to Mike Deans red card by thumping his knee into Agueros thigh beforeaiming a headbutt at Vincent Kompany. Fireworks enthusiast Mario Balotelli poured some petrol on this particular bonfire by confronting the combustible Barton as he stomped towards the tunnel.Aside fromthat significant blemish, QPRs discipline was impeccable. Despite ceding 81.3 po se sion overall and 84.1 per cent during the second half, they only madeseven fouls. Stoppages were infrequent as City thrashed and flailed with increasing desperation and diminishing artistry around the opposition penalty area.Without Bartons meltdown, there is littlechance five minutes of stoppage time or the three minutes and 20 seconds they ultimately required would have been signalled. It was time City desperately needed and time they could put to good use with their top scorers fast-twitch fibres bristling. Barton was not the only QPR man with City connections. His team-mates Shaun Wright-Phillips and Nedum Onuoha had also graduated through Jim Ca sells Platt Lane youth system, while Rangers bo s Mark Hughes was Mancinis immediate predece sor, having been axed shortly before Christmas in 2009.Hughes, of course, also played for United with distinction acro s two spells, and those loyalties struck a chord as news came through Bolton Wanderers had failedto beat Stoke City, meaning the Londoners were safe irrespective of the outcome at the Etihad Stadium. City got back on level terms and I always remember, at that point, I knew we were safe because the other result came in, Hughes told the Coaches Voice in 2020.Im thinking, I wouldnt mind United winning, if Im honest. Its 2-2 and Jay Bothroyd looked over, asking what we wanted them to do from the restart . The players understood the Bolton game was over and wed stayed up. We just said kick it as far as you can, right in the corner and the games Adam Henrique Men Jersey over.Hughes recollections from that point credit City with a poise they absolutely lacked. Rarely can a team have scored twice in this space of two minutes and save for a crucial few seconds played so shambolically.Bothroyds hoof found touch andscampering Joe Hart ranout of his goal to take the throw-in. The England goalkeeper almost mi sed the pitch.Gael Clichy carried the ball down the flank, only for his attempted cro s to turn into a block tackle Jean-Sebastien Giguere Women Jersey with Mackie. Samir Nasris aimle s, floated effort that followed did little more than give Clint Hill a ninth succe sful clearance of the afternoon.Nasri then excelled himself by shepherding the ball out for a QPR throw-in. Just 40 seconds before that explosion of ecstasy there was fury and anguish in the stands. Aguero watched it all from roughly the QPR penalty spot. Apparentlyhed seen quite enough. Aguerohoned his lethal skills playing against bigger boys in Buenos Aires on the neighbourhood the hard gravel and mud neighbourhood pitches that football purists in Argentina bemoan are a diminishing presence.When you play you have to think fast. Who to take on, who not, Aguero said when recalling those days in a 2018 documentary for Citys in-house television channel. You know who is going to play dirty, who isnt.You start to realise what you can do on the pitch and what you cant.Reflecting further in the 2019 book Peps City by Pol Ballus and Lu Martin, he further explained the proving ground that readied him for Barton and others.Getting kicked black and blue was all part of the game, he said. You held on to the ball any way you could.Running with the ball was a whole different concept for us. Id be up against big, tough boys and I was always the smallest. But I learned how to survive. Aguero remembered those matches were played for the prize of a peso, which would garner one of his favourite sweet treats, an or .As Uniteds players took in full-time and three points at the Stadium of Light, and Nigel de Jong brought the ball forward in Manchester to the soundtrack of QPR celebrations their fans aware of Boltons fate the stakes were somewhat higher.Vacating his spot in a penalty area already crowded by substitutes Dzeko and Balotelli, along with a marauding Kompany, Aguero took po se sion from De Jong 30 yards from goal.He faced up to a compact QPR back four, with the visitors four midfielders all in his immediate vicinity.A shuffling touch to his left engineered space outside Shaun Derry, but Aguero needed help. Ideally from someone reliable, given the complete lack of any margin for error.Balotelli was on the pitch Chris Wideman Kids Jersey in a Manchester City shirt for the first time in over a month.Mancini had not trusted his wayward protege since a red card in a 1-0 Easter Sunday defeat at Arsenal left Cityeight points behind United with six games to play. Tevez represented a far more dependableoption.But with nowhere left to turn, Aguerodared and prayed for Mario to be super.Introduced in the 76th minute, Balotelli gave the impre sion he had not just been banished from Premier League arenas, but football pitches altogether