I got arrested and charged at Bournemouth vs Man City - Sergio Aguero came to my rescue

Back in August 2017, Manchester City fans were celebrating one of the best things any football supporter can: a last-minute winner.

Raheem Sterling lashed the ball into the back of the net in the sunny August sunshine on the south coast to send the away end wild. Too wild for one young fan, who had got up to get ready to leave with the game at 1-1 but instead found himself pushed onto the pitch as City fans surged towards the field of play to celebrate with the players in the corner.

Before he knew it, Zack Weir, 20 at the time, found himself face down on the pitch as stewards held him down and police officers yanked his arms behind his back to handcuff him. In front of his nose, he could see white boots - the white boots of Sergio Aguero remonstrating over his treatment.

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Bournemouth quickly put a statement out to confirm a steward was withdrawing claims that Aguero had assaulted them, but Weir's problems were not going away. He was taken to a local police cell where he was held without being questioned and his one phone call was to his parents, who were expecting the call having seen their son arrested live on television.

"They didn't interview me or ask me what happened, after three or four hours they took me to the front of the station and charged me. I had to make my way home so I flew home because that was the quickest way but there was no questioning or interrogation or recorded statement," Weir tells the Manchester Evening News.

"I had to appear in court a month later. That got extended because they hadn't