Teammate Vincent Kompany hailed Sergio Aguero as Manchester City's "special player" after the Argentine's hat-trick earned a rousing 3-2 comeback win over Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday.

The victory resuscitated City's hopes of qualifying for the last 16 ahead of its final Group E match against AS Roma.

Should the Premier League champion win in Rome on Dec 10 and CSKA Moscow fails to beat Bayern, Manuel Pellegrini's team will go through.