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OFFICIAL: Man City ace Aguero hottest striker in Premier League history

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has proved himself the sharpest goalscorer in Premier League history. When the Argentine scored his second in the 6-0 rout at the Etihad Stadium, he overtook Arsenal legend Thierry Henry's goalscoring record.

While Aguero is only in his third Premier League season, he is now, In terms of minutes per goal, the hottest striker to grace the Premier League, reports the Daily Mail.

Aguero joined City from Atletico Madrid in 2011 and has scored 45 goals in 5379 minutes - a conversion rate of one goal every 119.5 minutes.

While his goal tally is still well off that of Henry, who scored 175 league goals for Arsenal, he has proved himself to be the most deadly out of the pool of players who have scored more than 40 Premier League goals.

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