Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has been banned for
three matches after being found guilty of violent conduct, the Football
Association said on Friday.
The Argentine striker elbowed West Ham United defender
Winston Reid during Sunday's Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium, which
City won 3-1.
He will be unavailable for the derby at rivals Manchester
United on Sept. 10 and will also miss City's Premier League clash with
Bournemouth and a League Cup third-round tie against Swansea City.
"Sergio Aguero will serve a three-match suspension with
immediate effect after an FA charge of violent conduct against him was found
proven," the FA said in a statement on its website (www.thefa.com).
"The club denied the charge and submitted further that,
if it was to be found proven, the standard punishment would be clearly
excessive.
"On finding the charge proven at a hearing today
(Friday 2 September 2016), an Independent Regulatory Commission went on to
reject the club's further claim to decrease the three-match ban."
Aguero has scored in two of City's three league games so far
this season, and also grabbed a hat-trick against Steaua Bucharest in a
Champions League playoff match on Aug. 16.
He has missed Argentina's World Cup qualifiers against
Uruguay on Thursday and Venezuela next Tuesday with a calf muscle injury.
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