It means that Aguero and Jesus have more time and space when De Bruyne and David Silva put them through.
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But Aguero provided only half of City’s scoring total.
City were in exuberant mood and added a third before the break when the excellent Gabriel Jesus latched on to Aguero’s cute pass to stroke home in the 38th minute.
Pep Guardiola’s men were 3-0 up six-minutes later when Aguero found Jesus with a neat through ball and the Brazilian struck a low shot past Gomes.
Meanwhile, Guardiola can reflect on a week in which his side scored 15 goals without reply ahead of four games in three different competitions over the next two weeks.
Raheem Sterling completed the rout from the penalty spot, after he was brought down by Christian Kabasele.
Man City were in incredible form as they beat Watford 6-0 at Vicarage Road.
Following losses to Tottenham and Huddersfield in the first two matches of the season, the Magpies have rattled off three consecutive league wins, the latest of which they scored in comeback fashion, beating Stoke City 2-1 at St. James Park.
Former England striker and record Premier League goalscorer Alan Shearer challenged Aguero to get 30 league goals this season, with the Argentine on five goals in five games.
Aguero could have had four goals, but he stepped aside to allow Raheem Sterling to take a penalty against Watford – the England global converted it, but was left purring about his teammate’s clinical finishing. We have seven games in 21 days, that’s not what we are used to from last year because the Champions League is in the middle and last year it wasn’t there.
Three clean sheets on the spin have seen the Hornets play with a grit which was starkly absent from their game last term, in spite of a ever-rotating cast in defence. His positioning for the opener was ideal, his reading to get into position for his second was excellent and a sublime third goal, a sensational solo effort, was the icing on the cake.
He reserved special praise for Aguero, who scored a hat trick and again showed his class in front of goal despite questions over his future in the team and at the club.
‘We and all the other teams will have moments in the season when it is a little bit more hard to go through. The boss was keen to point out that the Blues raced out of the blocks in similar style last season and that there are many games still to go… I need to analyse what City created, they started the game very strongly.
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They also had a penalty shout when Walker clumsily clattered into Nathaniel Chalobah.
