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Mancini pleased with City win
Sergio Aguero questions bias towards English players
Sergio Aguero believes English players get better treatment from referees than their foreign counterparts.
The Manchester City forward, 24, scored the equaliser in the 2-1 victory over Fulham - where fellow Argentines Pablo Zabaleta and Carlos Tevez had penalty appeals turned down.
Asked if foreign players have it tougher than English players, he said: "Yes, always. It happens everywhere.
"There's a little bit of privilege with players who come from that country."
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Asked if he thought referees were suspicious of foreign players, Aguero added: "Maybe, yes. It can happen, but I don't think it does here.
"If it does, it's not good for anyone.
"Here in England, there are almost as many foreign players as English players and it's not right that some have a privilege that others don't."
Meanwhile, the Argentine shared the same view as his manager Roberto Mancini in believing that a penalty should not have been awarded for Zabaleta's trip on Fulham full-back John Arne Riise. Mladen Petric scored from the spot to give the Cottagers the lead.
"I try not to get involved with problems involving referees," added the City striker.
"There will always be mistakes for any team and he got the decision [on the Fulham penalty] wrong but that can happen in any game.
"All we can do is not let that get to us and keep on playing our game."
Aguero's comments come a week after Steven Gerrard and Glen Johnson said their Uruguayan Liverpool team-mate Luis Suarez was a victim of his own reputation and was not being treated fairly by referees.
Suarez, 25, had a penalty appeal turned down in the 2-1 loss to Manchester United on 23 September. The forward has not won a spot-kick since the 2-1 defeat by Arsenal in March.
"It's down to referees to not judge him. I think even when Luis does get blatant penalties, now he doesn't get them," said Reds captain Gerrard.
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Perpetual Sigh3rd October 2012 - 16:23
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robyn2nd October 2012 - 16:27
I think even when Luis does get blatant penalties, now he doesn't get them," said Reds captain Gerrard
i wonder why that is??? but its his own fault because of what went on before in games where he went down as if shot...so i will say again as long as people in the game, and in the sports media. don't call it what is and name ,shame, and call it for what it is (cheating) it will continue
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AuHasardBendtner2nd October 2012 - 16:08
England needs to start cutting out the foreigners in the game. Since arriving in numbers, have any of these players actually made the epl a better league? The likes of Cantona, Bergkamp, Ginola, Zola, Henry, Pires, Drogba, Ronaldo, Silva etc. Fancy dans, all of them. Perhaps if we kicked these out then England could finally win a tournament with hack, hoof, kick and rush style that is unmatchable!
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j young2nd October 2012 - 13:49
There are very basic differences to British players and those from almost anywhere else in the world, we play TO the whistle, they play FOR the whistle, this also demonstrates a lack of intelligence in home-grown playerscompared to the rest of the world, but c'est la vie!!
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SeeDubya2nd October 2012 - 12:56
He should think himself lucky. Suarez is picked on to the extent that his name isn't even put in the BBC's top scorer lists.
Definitely an FA conspiracy!
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