Sergio Aguero did not get away with it.
In the second half of Manchester City’s 3-1 win against West Ham United on Sunday Aguero appeared to elbow Winston Reid in the face in an off the ball incident.
As soon as that happened, perhaps Jose Mourinho made a call to his friends at the English Football Association...
The English FA believe it was intentional and Man City’s top scorer from last season has been handed a violent conduct charge which could lead to a retrospective ban.
That is likely to see Aguero, City’s main man up front, miss the Manchester derby against Manchester United on Sept. 10.
Ouch. Coupled with a calf injury, not a good few days for Aguero.
Here is the statement in full from the FA as Pep Guardiola has been dealt a huge problem ahead of his first Premier League showdown against arch rival Mourinho.Sergio Aguero has been charged for an alleged act of violent conduct which was not seen by the match officials but caught on video.
The Manchester City forward was involved in an incident with West Ham United’s Winston Reid in the 76th minute of the game on Sunday [28 August 2016].
He has until 6pm on Wednesday 31 August to reply.
Off the ball incidents which are not seen at the time by the match officials are referred to a panel of three former elite match officials.
Each panel member will review the video footage independently of one another to determine whether they consider it a sending-off offence.
For retrospective action to be taken, and an FA charge to follow, the decision of the panel must be unanimous.
