Sergio Aguero set to miss Manchester derby after being charged by FA for violent conduct

SERGIO AGUERO is set to miss the Manchester derby after being hit with a violent conduct charge by the FA.

By Lewis Winter

NAUGHTY: Aguero's elbow on read was caught on camera

The Manchester City striker has been accused of elbowing defender Winston Reid during Sunday’s 3-1 Premier League victory over West Ham.

Aguero, who has until 6pm tomorrow to respond to the charge, faces a three-match ban if found guilty.

That would keep him out of the Premier League trip to neighbours Manchester United on September 10.

He would also miss the league game against Bournemouth on September 17 and the EFL Cup third round visit to Swansea three days later.

The clash involving Aguero and Reid 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 that he did not see the incident – and the governing body then referred footage to a panel of three top-level former referees.

Each watched it independently before ruling that they felt it was a sending off offence, allowing the FA to charge Aguero.

The striker was at City’s training ground yesterday, with a calf injury having ruled him out of Argentina’s two World Cup qualifiers during the international break, against Uruguay on Friday and Venezuela next Wednesday.

Meanwhile City keeper Joe Hart is in Italy to complete a season-long 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’s options in the Premier League were severely limited, with Everton boss Ronald Koeman saying last week that he was not interested in a deal.

Sunderland were candidates to sign the 29-year-old, but he did not want to join a club likely to spend the season fighting against relegation.

Hart has effectively been demoted to third choice at City by new boss Pep Guardiola, who has played Willy Caballero in all but one game this season while securing a £15.4m deal to buy Claudio Bravo from Barcelona.

Guardiola has also allowed Samir Nasri to leave, with the midfielder hoping to join Sevilla tomorrow.

Nasri will have a medical if he can agree wages with the La Liga club.