Aguero: Man City will be ready to challenge Chelsea next season

Sergio Aguero insists Manchester City will be ready to challenge Chelsea for the Premier League title next season and warns "there is always revenge in football".

The Argentine scored a clinical hat-trick in City's 6-0 demolition of QPR on Sunday to send Chris Ramsey's men tumbling back into the Championship and improve his season's tally to 25 goals.

But his heroics haven't been enough to prevent Chelsea ending City's limp title defence by beating Crystal Palace earlier this month to become champions for the first time in five years.

Nevertheless, the 26-year-old is adamant that he and his City team-mates will be ready to resume the battle for domestic supremacy next season.

"We lost a lot of points this season and now we are in good form, having won four games in a row so we must continue like this for the two remaining games," Aguero told City's official website.

"We want to finish the best we can and start next season fighting for every title. This season wasn't as we expected but we will face new challenges next season and there is always revenge in football.

"The club will decide what players they bring in but our mind has to be the same and go for every title since the beginning."

Aguero was also keen to play down the prospect of being crowned the Premier League's top goalscorer - he sits five goals clear of Harry Kane with two games remaining - and says it is more important for City to finish the season well.

"I'm happy with my hat-trick and now we have two games left so hopefully I can win the award but the most important thing is to qualify for the Champions League," he added.

"To be second or third is the same in terms of Champions League qualification but we would like to finish second because we always want to finish as high as we can in the table."