Sergio’s ban fear for derby
went unpunished at the time and, when that happens, FA rules only allow charges to be brought if the referee admits to missing the incident.
Andre Marriner has told the FA he did not see the incident – and the governing body then referred footage to a panel of three top-level former referees.
Each watched the incident independently before ruling they felt it was a sendingoff offence, allowing the FA to charge Aguero, 28.
The striker was at City’s training ground yesterday – a calf injury having ruled him out of Argentina’s two World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay on Friday and Venezuela next Wednesday.
Exit
Meanwhile, City keeper Joe Hart was in Italy last night to complete a seasonlong loan to Torino.
The keeper flew out to seal the deal after being given permission by England boss Sam Allardyce to leave the squad preparing for Sunday’s World Cup qualifier in Slovakia.
City have agreed to pay almost two-thirds of Hart’s £140,000-a-week wages, and have also waived a loan fee. Torino will pay the keeper around £50,000 a week.
Hart has effectively been demoted to third choice at City by new boss Pep Guardiola, who has played Willy Caballero, 34, in all but one game this season while securing a £15.4m deal to buy keeper Claudio Bravo from Barcelona.
The Spanish boss has also allowed Samir Nasri, 29, to leave, with the midfielder hoping to join Seville today.