Magnificent Man City fire eight past Watford

Manchester City matched the record for a Premier League halftime lead after racing to a 5-0 advantage over a shell-shocked Watford at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday

Looking to respond to their first league defeat since January at Norwich City last weekend, City flew out of the traps, becoming the first side to score five goals inside the first 18 minutes of a Premier League game.

David Silva got them up and running before Sergio Aguero's 100th Premier League goal, a Riyad Mahrez free-kick, Bernardo Silva's header, and a Nicolas Otamendi tap-in extended City's lead.

Watford brought on another defender to halt the onslaught just after the half-hour and they saw out the rest of the half at the Etihad without conceding again. Source [ESPN]

This was city's twelfth successive win against the Hornets and whatever they've done to upset this City side, it must be bad!

By half-time, the Blues had netted 30 goals in six-and-a-half matches.

Aguero has scored 11 in eight matches against them and, of course, the Blues struck six against  Watford at Wembley in the FA Cup last May...

Four of those goals came in the last 29 minutes, which, added to the five in the first 18 minutes of this game means the Blues bagged nine goals in just 47 minutes of football against the Hertfordshire side.

Two more after half-time made it 11 in just over an hour of football.

Ouch. Source [mancity.com]