Aguero incident adds to City woes
SERGIO Aguero was involved in a confrontation with a Wigan fan as ugly scenes marred the end of the thirddivision side’s shock FA Cup win over Manchester City yesterday.
Fans spilled on to the pitch at DW Stadium as the host celebrated its 1-0 fifth-round win against the runaway English Premier League leader. Supporters from both clubs were involved in disturbances, while television pictures appeared to show a home supporter and striker Aguero in a physical exchange.
Aguero appeared to hit the supporter after the fan said something to the player, and Aguero had to be held back by his City teammates.
Advertising hoardings were also ripped out and thrown as a pitch invasion by Wigan fans got out of hand while the defeated City players were being escorted off the pitch. Footage also appeared to show objects, including an advertising board, being thrown at police officers by fans in the City end.
City manager Pep Guardiola said he was in the changing room and did not see the Aguero incident.
“It’s safer when the fans are not there, but sometimes it happens,” he said. THE Matildas will contest the Algarve Cup without star forward Kyah Simon, who’s been ruled out with a hamstring injury sustained in the WLeague grand final. In a further blow to the Matildas’ attacking might at the invitational tournament in Portugal, scan results determined Simon faces a lay-off of about three weeks after being forced off the field an hour into Melbourne City’s 2-0 grand-final win over Sydney FC on Sunday.