Aguero mystery injury hamstrings Mancini

Manchester City are sweating on the extent of a “stupid” injury that threatens to rule Sergio Aguero out of a key stage of the title run-in.

When Aguero missed last weekend’s draw at Stoke, Blues assistant boss David Platt dismissed it as a minor ankle injury the club’s £38 million record signing had suffered in training the day before.

Now manager Roberto Mancini has revealed the problem to be more serious, and certainly more complicated.