As Sergio Aguero fired Manchester City into a 3-0 lead against Liverpool on Monday, the Argentine striker achieved the record for the best scoring rate for a player with a minimum of 15 goals in Premier League history.

Aguero had only been on the field for 23 seconds before he sprinted onto a through ball from Jesus Navas to score his second goal in as many Premier League games.

The 26-year-old now tops an impressive list of some of the Premier League's finest ever strikers with 54 goals every 113 minutes on the pitch.

Record: Sergio Aguero has the best scoring rate amongst players with more than 15 goals in the history of the Premier League

Slotted home: Sergio Aguero took just 23 seconds to score against Liverpool on Monday night

Immediate impact: Aguero celebrates in front of the jubilant Manchester City fans after scoring their third goal

BEST SCORING RATES IN PREMIER LEAGUE HISTORY Player Goals Mins per goal Sergio Aguero 54 113 Thierry Henry 175 122 Ruud van Nistelrooy 95 128 Javier Hernandez 37 130 Robin van Persie 134 135 Edin Dzeko 46 137 Daniel Sturridge 58 138 Luis Suarez 69 139 Advertisement

Manuel Pellegrini seems to be tapering Aguero's return to first team action as he nurses the injury-prone forward back to full fitness after a busy summer which saw Argentina reach the World Cup final in Brazil.

Pellegrini's decision to use Aguero from the bench for the first two Premier League games of the season looks to be a wise one as the former Atletico Madrid man has knotched against Newcastle and Liverpool.

If Aguero can carry on at the scoring rate, there's no doubt that he'll beat his goalscoring record of the 2013/14 Premier League season which saw the diminutive striker score 15 goals in 23 league appearance for City.

Aguero knocked Arsenal legend Thierry Henry off the top of the list as his record pips the Frenchman's stunning return of 175 goals every 122 Premier League minutes.

Gunner: Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has been knocked of the top of the scoring rate charts

Talisman: Ruud van Nistelrooy scored 95 goals every 128 minutes for Manchester United

Former Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy sits in third place with 95 goals every 128 minutes before eventually reaching 150 goals in total for his club.

Liverpool forward Daniel Sturridge could soon trouble Aguero for top spot in the best scoring rate charts with a current tally of 58 goals every 138 minutes.

City can boast two names in the top eight of the Premier League strikers with the best minutes-per-goal record as Bosnian forward Edin Dzeko also claims a place with 46 goals every 137 minutes on the field.