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ATLETICO striker Joao Felix has expressed his delight at having eclipsed Sergio Aguero.

Now he has Antoine Griezmann’s achievements firmly in his sights as the Champions League reaches its latter stages in Lisbon.

The Portugal striker (left) is preparing to face RB Leipzig in the quarter-finals tonight after helping the La Liga club knock Liverpool out in the previous round. But it was his goal against Lokomotiv Moscow in the group stages that knocked Aguero out of the record books as Atletico’s youngest goalscorer in the Champions League.

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A City insider said: “Sergio will be given as long as possible to recover – and the fact that he is still working on his fitness rather than being told to step down is because he still has a chance.”

Aguero will have to be in Portugal 24 hours before the clash with Lyon. He has hit 254 goals in 370 games City since arriving from Atletico Madrid for £38million in 2011 and needs the Champions League to complete his collection of winner’s medals.

He injured his knee in the 5-0 win over Burnley in June and his return would give City a huge lift in their bid to become European champions for the first time. but when he was at Atletico, I was only eight,” said the 20-year-old.

Now Felix aims to become a club legend like the French striker, adding: “If I can do what Griezmann did or improve upon it, it will be fine.”