Sergio Aguero: Manchester City star gets four-match ban after seeing red against Chelsea for tackle on David Luiz
Argentine will miss key games against champions Leicester and title rivals Arsenal as Fernandinho is banned for three matches
SERGIO AGUERO has been handed a four-match ban after seeing red against Chelsea and will miss key games against Leicester and Arsenal.
The Manchester City star received his marching orders after producing an awful two-footed lunge on David Luiz which sparked a mass brawl and will now be forced to play against Celtic in the Champions League this week in order to prevent any injuries to back-up forward Kelechi Iheanacho.
Midfielder Fernandinho has also been suspended for three games after being caught up in a furious encounter with Cesc Fabregas.
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But City are sure to feel Aguero’s absence harder, with the striker already scoring 10 times in the league this season.
Guardiola had previously called upon his leading man to be more intense but was probably expecting something different when the Argentine produced nothing short of a kung-fu kick on Chelsea’s Luiz at the weekend.
Man City games without Sergio Aguero
Leicester (A): 10 Dec
Watford (H): 14 Dec
Arsenal (H): 18 Dec
Hull (A): 26 Dec
Aguero has already been banned by the FA this season, receiving a three-match suspension for elbowing West Ham defender Winston Reid.
His four-game punishment reflects that earlier incident, and he will now be left watching from the stands when City host Arsenal on December 18.
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Aguero will also miss the trip to champions Leicester as well as tough battles against Watford and Hull.
But fortunately for City, he will be back in time to face Liverpool in the club’s final game of 2016.