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Why FA banned ‘brutal’ Aguero
- Updated: September 14, 2016
Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero was banned for three games after a “brutal” incident that “clearly endangered the safety” of West Ham’s Winston Reid, an independent commission ruled.
Aguero missed last weekend’s Manchester derby and is banned for this month’s domestic games against Bournemouth and Swansea after the clash in the Premier League at the Etihad Stadium on August 28.
The incident was not seen by referee Andre Marriner, or other match officials, but caught on video.
In written reasons published by the Football Association, the three-man commission, chaired by Stuart Ripley, agreed that Aguero had “thrown out his left arm in an aggressive manner that was excessive in force and brutal, which clearly endangered the safety of …
