Sergio's Tackle

[Risby]

He will be done for certain. The media won't allow to go un-noticed anyway.

Got the spurs game coming up and he will miss that. It's not good. Only blemish on today's result.

[london blue 2]

Might have been from behind but I thought he got the balls...

[Andy, lincs]

Certainly a sending off, however, the FA have set a precedent for bad tackles in the competition by letting Glen Whelan off a really nasty one on Garcia earlier in the competition if I remember rightly. Will be interesting to see the FA's behaviour over this.

[Beefymcfc]

One of the good things is that Sky won't be giving it Wall-to-Wall coverage as they aren't interested in the FA Cup.

[kennyboy]

Luiz plays ugly way to often and allways gets away with it,
Sergio lost his temper for a sec and got him back for Luizs albow.
Well done lad.

[Florida Blue]

Luiz got a free kick for the foul so technically they can't punish him. Its the exact same as the McManaman situation.

I am not certain it is. In the case of that play the linesman said he saw it clearly, in this case it is possible they saw the initial foul but not the stomp. Both of them should be suspended, Luis for kicking up at Aguero's face and Aguero for his momentary lapse of reason. Fortunately for us we have depth at striker... oh wait we don't.

[Bear60]

Ok he should have been the better man and not retaliated , he was elbowed in the chest ffs what would you do if some bloke who looks like a character from the Simpsons elbowed you in the chest. ??

[Mase]

Should be banned for that

Absolutely no defence for that

Turn it in you whopper

[xavi6]

Going on the FA statement after Balotelli's hack against Arsenal, he won't be done -

"Retrospective action can only be taken in scenarios where none of the Match Officials saw the players coming together.
"The normal scenarios in which retrospective action is taken are for ‘off the ball’ incidents.
"Retrospective action was introduced for off the ball incidents where there was no contest for possession and could not be deemed to be re-refereeing an incident.
"In agreement with FIFA, this is how ‘not seen’ incidents are dealt with retrospectively in England. It is a policy that is agreed with all football stakeholders."

http://www.mcfc.co.uk/news/team-news/20 ... a-ban-news

[Zabaleta]

u want ur own player to be banned? back up Sergio at all times. Luiz threw an elbow at him first. Rooney two footed Milner in the derby, no speculation on that? its a brazilian/argentian thing between Luiz-Aguero.

[Dwaring]

u want ur own player to be banned? back up Sergio at all times. Luiz threw an elbow at him first. Rooney two footed Milner in the derby, no speculation on that? its a brazilian/argentian thing between Luiz-Aguero.

No ones saying they want it but its pretty obvious what's going to happen. Sorry I back city with all my heart but I'm not back that stamp. It was an embarrassment to the club. There's no place for that in the game.

[zuricity]

No ones saying they want it but its pretty obvious what's going to happen. Sorry I back city with all my heart but I'm not back that stamp. It was an embarrassment to the club. There's no place for that in the game.

I find it difficult to criticise our striker when Luis had been after him all game. when Luis decided to Lunge at him , when closer to the ball, with his elbow in Kuns chest, both collided and for me Kun showed remarkable balance and determination to attempt to stay on his two feet. Unfortunately he landed on his two feet on the overturned and bent double body of the out of control and crazed defender that David Luis is.

Kuns landing can't be seen in isolation from the overall incident. Sideshow bobs Elbow to Kuns body brought about the rest of the actions and reactions. If ssb hadn't used his elbow Kun would have been first to the ball.

Unlike Rooney's viscious and unnecessary lung at Jimmy or Torres's deliberate rake on Kun , Kun was not the initiator of an attack on a player.

[Alioune DVToure]

I don't see the big deal. He probably just thought that Luiz could do with a few more arseholes and kindly provided them.

[kinkylola]

u want ur own player to be banned? back up Sergio at all times. Luiz threw an elbow at him first. Rooney two footed Milner in the derby, no speculation on that? its a brazilian/argentian thing between Luiz-Aguero.

No ones saying they want it but its pretty obvious what's going to happen. Sorry I back city with all my heart but I'm not back that stamp. It was an embarrassment to the club. There's no place for that in the game.

embarrassment to the club? fuck off.

Poor decision in that it could have cost us a sending off, and not a praiseworthy action by any means ... but beyond the intensity of the battle between these two on the field, which was initiated by Luiz throughout (and in this instance too, as he tried to upend sergio but failed and lost his own footing) ... these 2 have passionate hatred based on nationality, which goes far beyond individuals in any game. I'm not condoning the stamp, but I'm certainly not going to label the action or the player an embarrassment to the club.

[Douglas Higginbottom]

The ref saw it ,that's clear as he gave the foul but I fully expect there will be a continued witchhunt for Aguero to be banned and the ref will claim he didn't see it.That's what happened with Mario in the Spurs game where Webb (was it Webb) imo lied and said he didn't see it when it's pretty clear he did.

Classic stuff though as only 6 days earlier we had Rooney and Wellbeck doing two footed tackles in the derby and it's as if it never happened to the media/pundits etc.

[london blue 2]

It's all over the media today so in pretty sure a ban will follow. To be fair he can't complain, there's ways to retaliate on a pitch and doing that in an FA cup semi isn't one of them.

[aaron bond]

The ref saw it ,that's clear as he gave the foul but I fully expect there will be a continued witchhunt for Aguero to be banned and the ref will claim he didn't see it.That's what happened with Mario in the Spurs game where Webb (was it Webb) imo lied and said he didn't see it when it's pretty clear he did.

Classic stuff though as only 6 days earlier we had Rooney and Wellbeck doing two footed tackles in the derby and it's as if it never happened to the media/pundits etc.

You're right - it's more than likely the ref will now say he didn't see it.

The FA only usually act when the media hype up a story, and they are doing so with this tackle.

[Superbia]

No ones saying they want it but its pretty obvious what's going to happen. Sorry I back city with all my heart but I'm not back that stamp. It was an embarrassment to the club. There's no place for that in the game.

Embarrassment ?? Fuck off and give your head a wobble.

[Blue Since 76]

The ref saw it ,that's clear as he gave the foul but I fully expect there will be a continued witchhunt for Aguero to be banned and the ref will claim he didn't see it.That's what happened with Mario in the Spurs game where Webb (was it Webb) imo lied and said he didn't see it when it's pretty clear he did.

Classic stuff though as only 6 days earlier we had Rooney and Wellbeck doing two footed tackles in the derby and it's as if it never happened to the media/pundits etc.

For the Mario one, he didn't give the foul, so could legitimately claim to have not seen it, despite various pictures showing him staring at it.

If Foy gave a foul by Aguero on Luiz, how can he now claim he didn't see the actual foul? He will, I just don't understand how he can say it.

Your last paragraph is the key though - I've no problem with video evidence and players being given retrospective punishments for dives, stamps etc. However, if you're going to do it, an independent panel needs to watch 90 minutes of every game. What you can't have is a situation where Sky / The Sun / Talksport decide which incidents should be looked at.

[Goaters 103]

Well Whelan got fucl all for his stamp on Garcia - thats Glenn Whelan, not Wigans fame-seeking, rent-a-quote chairman, and Macmanaman got bollocks all for far worse so why Aguero should be punished given the way these two panned out, god knows.

Yes it was out of character, but with the huge dig Luiz gave him in the ribs, Id wager about 95% of the people on this board would have probably lost it and had a go back too like Sergio did.