Sergio Aguero is behind only Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in the pecking order of football's top players, according to his manager Manuel Pellegrini.





Aguero shook off his slow start the the campaign in style, scoring five of Manchester City's six goals against rock-bottom Newcastle United on Saturday.





And according to Pellegrini, the Argentine can reach the same heights as the multiple Ballon d'Or winners, provided City continue to improve in the Premier League as well as in Europe.





​ "After what we have seen [against Newcastle] of course Kun [Aguero] is at that level," Pellegrini told ​Goal.





"I have already said that, after Ronaldo and Messi, he is the best player in the world.





"But the important thing - not only for Kun but as a team - is that we must continue to improve.





"We need to win the Premier League again and to win the Champions League, because Messi and Ronaldo are always involved in that competition and that’s very important for a player.





"I'm very happy for us that in Kun we have a very important player. He always makes important things in competitions."





Last week Aguero drew praise from an unlikely source in ex-Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes, who suggested he is the only Premier League player who would get in at Bayern Munich, Real Madrid or Barcelona.





"When you think about the quality of players we [English clubs] have, do you think any of the players at our top clubs now would get in the Barcelona team? I very much doubt it," Scholes said on BT Sport.





"They wouldn’t get in the Real Madrid team or the Bayern Munich team. Maybe Sergio Aguero is the exception."







