Aguero questions bias towards English players

Most fouled players10: Eden Hazard, Chelsea8: Pavel Pogrebnyak, Reading7: Robert Snodgrass, Norwich City; Luis Suarez, Liverpool; Fernando Torres, Chelsea6: Raheem Sterling, Liverpool; Shane Long, West BromFouls won in final third this season.Source: OptaLONDON – 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.”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.”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.Agencies

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Aguero questions bias towards English players