{"id":245327,"date":"2016-09-03T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T06:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=245327"},"modified":"2016-09-03T06:00:54","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T06:00:54","slug":"man-city-striker-aguero-banned-three-games-for-elbow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/man-city-striker-aguero-banned-three-games-for-elbow\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City striker Aguero banned three games for elbow"},"content":{"rendered":"
Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero will miss the Premier League derby against Manchester United on 10 September after being banned for three games.<\/p>\n
A Football Association panel<\/i> found the striker, 28, guilty of violent conduct after he elbowed West Ham’s Winston Reid in City’s 3-1 Premier League win on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Argentina international Aguero is also suspended for miss City’s home league game with Bournemouth on 17 September and the EFL Cup third-round match at Swansea on 21 September.<\/p>\n
Aguero has scored three goals in three league games this season for City, who are top of the table with a 100% record.<\/p>\n
He also scored a hat-trick in the first leg of their 5-0 Champions League qualifier against Steaua Bucharest.<\/p>\n
City contested the violent conduct charge and argued that “the standard punishment would be clearly excessive”.<\/p>\n