Joleon Lescott believes Aguero 'as good as' any striker in world

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West Bromwich Albion centre-back Joleon Lescott is of the opinion that Manchester City's Sergio Aguero is as good as any striker in the world.

Aguero, who joined City from Atletico Madrid in 2011, scored all three goals in the Champions League win over Bayern Munich on Tuesday.

Lescott said that at the moment he wouldn't say there is a better centre-forward, adding that there's a calmness about Aguero. He said that when the Argentine's through, one knows it's a goal, adding that guys like him separate themselves from good players to become great, The BBC reported.

City boss Manuel Pellegrini described his star striker as one of the best in the world and Lescott, who had five years with the club and played in the famous title-winning match against QPR in 2012 when Aguero scored a last-gasp winner, believes that the Argentine should be ranked alongside acknowledged greats Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Lescott claimed that Aguero's definitely in that bracket, adding that Messi and Ronaldo score bundles of goals and would go down in history as probably the greatest, but also added that the Argentine striker having to do a bit more.

Lescott said that the goals Aguero scored the other night, he's having to run from the halfway line, get penalties, take the penalty. He added that then the other one where he is having to run from the halfway line, take it on his left foot.

The centre-back claimed that goals in other leagues are due to possession. He added that for him, as a centre forward there are not many better.

Southampton manager Ronald Koeman, who played alongside the likes of Diego Maradona and Hristo Stoichkov, said that Aguero reminds him most of former Brazil striker Romario, whose goals helped Brazil to win the 1994 World Cup.

Koeman said that sometimes one thinks Aguero is sleeping and then in the next moment he is scoring, which is a big quality to have.