Sergio Aguero, a Manchester City legend, says the new statue commemorating the club’s first Premier League title captures the “best moment of my life.”
The statue, which was unveiled at Etihad Stadium, commemorates Aguero’s injury-time goal in the final game of the 2011-12 season. The goal gave City their first Premier League title since moving to Abu Dhabi.
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“It was the best moment of my life. For me that moment changed my life, changed the club and everything. That moment always will be in my heart,” said Aguero.
The galvanised steel statue of Argentine Aguero, created by sculptor Andy Scott, was unveiled on Friday, joining statues of fellow City legends Vincent Kompany and David Silva on the east side of the Etihad.
City chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak stated that Aguero’s goal against QPR in 2012, which prevented rival Manchester United from winning the Premier League, “changed everything.”
“Khaldoon said the truth. We don’t know what would have happened if we’d lost the Premier League that year. That year changed everything because the next years we started winning more titles,” Aguero responded.
With Man City, he won 15 major trophies in ten years and is the fourth-highest scoring player in Premier League history, with 184 goals in 275 games.
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Sculptor Scott said, “It has been an honour to work on a project that means so much to Manchester City fans around the world in celebration of such an important player in the life of this football club.”
Aguero, 33, left City last summer for a spell at Barcelona, which was cut short after the Argentine was diagnosed with a heart condition that forced his retirement.
