Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has dispelled hopes that Sergio Agüero will be fit for the derby against bitter rivals Manchester United by confirming that the Argentine will be out for a month with a hamstring injury.

Hodgson had suggested that the 28-year-old was never going to ‘stand up in front of a lecture room of people’ because of his scouse speech ahead of tonight’s clash with minnows San Marino.