The Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has been banned for three matches after being found guilty of violent conduct.
Sergio Aguero of Man City celebrates. Photo: PHOTOSPORT
The Argentinean elbowed West Ham's All Whites skipper Winston Reid during their Premier League football clash on Monday, which City won 3-1.
He will be unavailable for the derby at rivals Manchester United on September 10 and will also miss City's Premier League clash with Bournemouth and a League Cup third-round tie against Swansea City.
"Sergio Aguero will serve a three-match suspension with immediate effect after an FA charge of violent conduct against him was found proven," the FA said in a statement.
"The club denied the charge and submitted further that, if it was to be found proven, the standard punishment would be clearly excessive.
"On finding the charge proven at a hearing, an Independent Regulatory Commission went on to reject the club's further claim to decrease the three-match ban."
Aguero has scored in two of City's three league games so far this season, and also grabbed a hat-trick against Steaua Bucharest in a Champions League playoff match on August 16.
He has missed Argentina's World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay on Thursday and Venezuela next Tuesday with a calf muscle injury.
-Reuters