SERGIO Aguero could miss Manchester City’s home clash with Cherries next month after picking up a calf injury – with a potential ban also hanging over him. But now we [City’s players] go to the national team.
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“We created a lot of goalscoring opportunities and we hope to keep improving”.
Video replays from Sunday’s game at the Etihad appeared to suggest the Manchester City striker elbowed his West Ham opponent.Referee Andre Marriner did nothing at the time, leading to speculation that if the incident had not been witnessed retrospective action may be taken against Aguero. “I reacted because we wanted to make a sub”.
City had a richly-deserved 2-0 lead by half-time courtesy of a composed Raheem Sterling strike and Fernandinho header.
Aguero will not risk his fitness ahead of the first Manchester derby of the season, but his participation is far from guaranteed.
The incident, which happened as he challenged the West Ham defender for a long clearance, was not punished by referee Andre Marriner but could see him banned by the FA for games including the September 10 clash at Old Trafford.
Torino are the latest club reported to have shown interest in the England goalkeeper.
This was revealed shortly after the tournament and now we know, thanks to the Times’ chief football writer Henry Writer, precisely what that message said.
David Silva insists Manchester City are not the new Barcelona. “Everyone’s hungry, everyone’s ready to run for him and play for him”.
Guardiola said: “I didn’t see so I can not comment. I just made a promise to myself that when I come back at the start of this season I am going to work hard and try to be as consistent as I can”. I am looking forward to living that experience.
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While Aguero didn’t score in Sunday’s comfortable win over West Ham, he was a part of a terrific team performance, which pundits have labelled the “best yet” under new boss Pep Guardiola.
