Sergio Aguero: Manchester City great is immortalized with statue

By Issy Ronald, CNN

Updated 1041 GMT (1841 HKT) May 13, 2022

Sergio Aguero has been immortalized by a statue at the Etihad Stadium.

(CNN)Waves of light blue crashed around the stands of the Etihad Stadium as Manchester City fans bounced up and down, colliding into one another in their delirium.

Over in Sunderland, Manchester United fans stood shell-shocked despite their team's 1-0 victory, frozen by one of the most dramatic conclusions that theEnglish Premier League has ever witnessed, as their title hopes evaporated. This was a finale no Hollywood script writer would have imagined credible.With City trailing 2-1 in the 92nd minute but requiring victory over Queens Park Rangers to win its first Premier League title in 44 years, Edin Dzeko equalized. Then, at 93:20 in the last minute of the game, a composed Sergio Aguero weaved his way through the frantic QPR defense and fired in a winner to secure victory and clinch the 2011/12 Premier League. Cue bedlam.Now 10 years on, Aguero's goal has been immortalized in the form of a statue outside the Etihad Stadium. Read MoreIt caps a bittersweet season for Aguero who was forced to retire in December after suffering chest pains during Barcelona's 1-1 draw with Alavés. He was later diagnosed with a cardiac arrhythmia. «Truthfully, it is a very beautiful thing for me, to see myself 10 years ago is very moving,» Aguero said of the statute, which was unveiled on Friday as part of a series of events and activities organized by Manchester City to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its remarkable Premier League title win. Aguero scored a goal in the last minute of the last game of the 2011/2012 season to give Man City its first top-flight English title in 44 years.Illuminated by blue