Television replays showed that Aguero was fouled in the box by Jose Fonte early in Sunday's game, but referee Mike Jones showed him a yellow card for simulation instead of awarding a penalty.
I watched this game yesterday and that referee's decision was really a poor one, I hope the referees can just start minimising their mistakes as soon as possible, because it could have cost City yesterday. Read what Engineer Pellegrini said after the cut.
"I thought it was a penalty, but one thing I was sure of is that Sergio never dived," said the Chilean. "He is not a player who ever tries to cheat the referee and only fell down because of a kick.
"But given the way we won after that decision, it is not important. The referee made a mistake and nothing more.
"If we had drawn 0-0 we'd be talking more about it, but the referee is a human person and everyone can make a mistake."
City also had to overcome the dismissal of Eliaquim Mangala when only 1-0 up, and Pellegrini had no complaints over the French defender's two bookings.
"It was a correct decision," he added. "He had already had another yellow card and it was a foul when they may have scored.
"But I was glad that with 10 men we still tried to score again and didn't look to just stay in our own half."
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