Torres treble helps

City pip Newcastle

Newcastle: Pep Guardiola suggested Ferran Torres could fill

Sergio Aguero’s boots as Manchester City’s leading striker next season after the Spaniard scored a hat-trick in a 4-3 win over Newcastle on

Friday. With a third Premier League title in four years already sealed with three games to spare,

Guardiola again took the chance to hand a number of his fringe players an opportunity to shine two weeks ahead of the

Champions League final. Torres made the strongest case to be involved against Chelsea in Porto on May 29 with a trio of fine finishes to take his tally for his first season in England

to 13 goals. The 21-year-old, who also scored a hat-trick for Spain against Germany earlier this season, was bought by City in

August off the back of his impressive performances for Valencia as a winger.