Sergio Aguero has been banned for 3 match following his conduct in the game against West Ham. Now, the question of today's thread is, did Aguero really meant to hurt his opponent, did he even made contact with his opponent and above all else, did he really deserve the three game ban?

Article on Skysport: http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11679/10562867/sergio-aguero-to-miss-manchester-derby-after-being-hit-with-three-match-ban

And video of him elbowing Winston Reid (sorry for the poor quality):

So, is it the right call or the wrong one?
May the debate begin!

A couple things:

He makes contact.
He doesn't play the ball, meaning his elbow has no reason to be there unless he's purposely trying hurt Reid.
That is violent conduct.
Violent conduct has a three match ban.

Seems pretty straightforward to me. It may seem harsh, but that's only because players get away with stuff like this behind the ref's back all the time. The pushing and shoving in the box during corners has always been an example of this, and one that the EPL has made clear they're trying to snuff out. Like it or not (and I like it) this is the norm now.

I think he definitely deserves the ban. It doesn't seem like a fluke that he hit Reid. I think these bans are moving the game forward big time. It's good that EPL tries to cut out the fouls and violence. Wonder how does Costa still play football after all of his behaviour though.

yes. totally.

Yes , absolutely . He always gets away from bans . It happens rarely but there law is law and punishment should be according to law

He is a sneaky lil bitchh, he seems like a nice guy but he does alot of dirty things that go unnoticed.

Too bad diego costa isn't as sneaky as aguero, poor ol dumb diego.

Wow, I'm suprised to see everybody in agreement again and I'm pretty suprised to see Aguero is so unpopular among Chelsea fan. I have to say I agree with chelsea8 on the point that Aguero seem like a nice guys but it come as a suprise for me that he would act this way when on the pitch. Not sure what he was thinking but it sure was a bad move especially ahead of the manchester derby. Gonna be a tough for City to be sincere, then again, they showed under Pep that did have a lot more ressource than Aguero.

@emobot

Lets say Costa did same . He would be labeled animal but everyone forgot about good boy Aguero .

Jesus Christ, how have I never seen that tackle before.

@Marcus Holy banana, that was pretty brutal, I didn't know Aguero already did that kind of stuff, anyway, hope the ban will calm him a bit. But seriously, is it me, or lots of south americain striker or attacking player love to get into fight? I mean, Costa is clearly pretty rough with his opponent, Neymar get into plenty of trouble, Aguero does this from time to time and we all know what Suarez love to do with his opponent.

Yea he totally deserves the ban.

Also aguero's incidents are isolated, whereas diego costa has multiple incidents per game, has no shame and no desire to hide the fact that he's a dirty player. There's a clear difference between aguero and diego costa.

The fact that this thread exists. The fact that everyone is freaking out about aguero's suspension, shows what type of footballer he is. One where this does not happen often.

Also suuuuuucks cuz of the derby coming up.....

Totally deserves the ban. I don't know about his other antics, but the people here seem to seriously hate him. Either way, you elbow someone like that, you get banned. It's that simple.

Deserved but harsh. I would say 2 games, until all others being punished equally then 3 games bans should start.

@Gonzi Thats true, we don't see a lot of that kind of stuff from Aguero but to be sincere, I feel like Costa is getting less and less dirty though, I haven't watch a Chelsea game recently and I do know he did a pretty nasty tackle on a keeper at one point but other than that, seem like he's getting better. One nasty player I do remember in recent game was M'Baye Niang in the Napoli game, every time the game was paused because the ball was out or in the arm of a keeper, he would take the occasion to push or come close to a player of Napoli. At the end of the game, he got a second yellow for coming in contact with the keeper while he had the ball (the keeper had the ball I mean). That really pretty stupid. :(

@tuan

Harsh ? What if he actually did hit him in the eye . Problem i have with this is the intend . Media will spin how Costa's intents are always evil and harsh punishments should follow , but Aguero might have been just misunderstood .

@Marcus

Because Aguero's incidents are spread out over time and happen once every few games. Costa's incidents happen every single game. How f.ucking hard is it to understand that? Stop trying to shamelessly defend a player who doesn't even deny being brutally violent and disgusting on a pitch.

@Dynastian Don't you think thats going too far? But I agree Aguero have lifted a lot less controversy than Costa since his time in the BPL. I still wouldn't be suprise we see Costa being gradually less violent as time pass however. He seem to have understand it wasn't alway to his advantage.

Anyway, I think we can all agree on one thing at least, Diego Costa play rough with his opponent, thats part of his playing style, yeah, sometime he go too far but thats what he is known for. Aguero on the other rarely play that way and his playstyle doesn't rely on entering in contact with his opponent. The problem with Costa is that his playing can cause a lot more fault. But, as I was saying, he have been a lot less violent under Hiddink and Conte so for that, he get my respect.

@dynastian every game? Don't talk out of your asss, whenever costa did something people made sure that he got suspended and he has been suspended only 2 times for his.

People need to know the difference between being pumped up agressive and elbowing people.

While agree with Emo, I also agree with Dynastian. Costa is that type of Fellaini/Carragher/Ramos player, who always leaves a little bit extra, goes into challenges with straight-up malice, and dives...every game. Yes, the "big" incidents don't happen as frequently, but let's not pretend Costa is a choirboy whenever he's not slapping people in the face or punching them in the nuts.

@Sunflash I still don't understand how come Fellaini doesn't have a reputation as bad as Costa though, with all the crazy stuff he did like this for exemple:

I mean come on, thats pretty nasty stuff right there.

People like @dynastian are still mad about his days in Spain . What I see every game is how oppositions players do everything to piss him off and get away with that then commentators cherry pick moments to demonize Costa and create negative opinion of him for viewers thus constantly railing up people against him . I never forget how they detailed Costa and titled it "Costa Crimes" ! That is a huge bias and I think sky sports should have been sued ! Fcking English media is ccksocking bloody cnts who same way demonized Suarez who eventually left the country . Average fans barely have their own opinion on anything they just go with what everyone else feels .

Aguero deserves damn ban for at least 3 games and for that two leg tackle he should have been out for more than 10 games ! Law is a law . Also that c*nt refere who was looking straight at him during the foul should be held responsible ! He is LOOKiNG straight at him for crying out loud and still chooses to let it go !! I don't care if he is angel on good days . Double standards and hypocrisy are making me sick .