Manchester City midfielder Frank Lampard insists Sergio Aguero is in the same class as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Aguero is the talk of the Champions League following his stunning hat-trick to sink Bayern Munich at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night.
Lampard said: "He's top of the world football strikers.
"I think it's in his hands (being compared to Ronaldo and Messi). It's a big call to make.
"Ability-wise, from seeing him at close quarters, he is in that bracket.
"If he can carry on with this form, doing it week in and week out, which he is doing, then people will talk about him in the same breath.
"I haven't been fortunate enough to play with those two, I have admired them from afar, but in terms of Aguero he is certainly right up there.
"We're fortunate in the Premier League, last year we had Luis Suarez and now, not to discount anyone, we are looking at Aguero and (Diego) Costa as the two in-form strikers in world football.
"He won us the game against Bayern obviously. He's one of the best I've ever played with.
"I am fortunate enough to have played with Didier Drogba who for me was the greatest, but it is very hard to compare those two because their style is so different.
"But in terms of pure finishing, electric pace, in my first few days training here my friends and other people were asking 'who does this or that in training?' and I said 'Aguero is just different class'.
"He had proved that. He can't stop scoring."
