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Sergio Aguero scores as Manchester City win Carabao Cup, suffers knock

Sergio Aguero scored for Manchester City in their 2-1 win vs. Aston Villa to lift the Carabao Cup.

Aguero, not for the first time in his career, scored a crucial goal for his team. His goal gave City the 1-0 lead. The Argentine would be subbed off and was seen putting an ice pack on his right knee. Here’s what coach Pep Guardiola had to say about it:

“It was a kick. We will see in the next few days.”

Congratulations to both Sergio Aguero and Nicolas Otamendi on winning the cup.

Ezequiel Barco scores for Atlanta United in win vs. Nashville

Ezequiel Barco scored for Atlanta United in their 2-1 win vs. Nashville.

The third Argentine player to score in the MLS opening weekend, Ezequiel Barco, like Cristian Pavon and Maxi Urruti, also netted a great goal. Receiving the ball outside of the penalty area, the Argentina U20 man would cut inside and his low driven shot would beat the goalkeeper.

With the Olympics coming up in a few months, Barco will be looking to continue his great form and solidify a spot in the team.

Cristian Pavon scores goal of the season candidate for LA Galaxy in draw vs. Houston Dynamo

Cristian Pavon scored an early goal of the season candidate for the LA Galaxy in their 1-1 draw vs. Houston Dynamo.

Not to be outdone by fellow Argentine Maxi Urruti who scored a great goal himself, Pavon would strike very early in the match to give LA the 1-0 lead. The former Boca Juniors man who cut inside and would strike from the edge of the penalty area as his shot would hit the top corner of the net.

As we reported earlier last week, the LA Galaxy are rumored to make Pavon’s loan move to the club as a permanent one.

Maxi Urruti scores great goal for Montreal Impact in win vs. New England

Maxi Urruti scored a great goal for the Montreal Impact in their 2-1 win vs. New England.

It was the first match of the MLS season and one which Urruti won’t be forgetting anytime soon. With Pablo Piatti leaving to go back to Argentina, it was another Argentine who stepped up for the Impact.

The former Newell’s Old Boys player scored the match winner for Thierry Henry’s side. One of the goals of the season, Urruti would lob the ball over the goalkeeper from outside of the penalty area to give Montreal the 3 points.

Mauro Icardi scores for PSG in 4-0 win vs. Dijon, breaks last year’s Inter tally of goals

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Mauro Icardi scored for PSG in their 4-0 win vs. Dijon.

Icardi started the match for PSG on the bench but was substituted into the game in the second half. It was 2-0 for PSG when Icardi fired home their third of the match.

The Argentine was played in by Mbappe and he made no mistake beating the goalkeeper for his 12th goal in the league in 20 matches for PSG. In contrast, he scored 11 goals in 29 league matches in all of last season for Inter.

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