Head case Joey to miss nine games
Last Updated: 14th May 2012
The Rangers skipper will be hit hard by the FA for seeing red — and then admitting he tried to get a City man sent off.
Rangers stayed up because Bolton failed to beat Stoke, but boss Mark Hughes will consider selling Barton this summer.
The midfielder was dismissed in the 55th minute for elbowing Carlos Tevez in the face.
Then he kneed Sergio Aguero in the back of the thigh and attempted to head-butt Vincent Kompany.
Barton said: “Can do nothing but apologise to players and the fans. Still don’t think it’s a sending off. Tried to take one of their players off with me.
“The head was never gone. Once I’d been sent off, one of our players suggested I try to take one of theirs with me.
“Not my proudest moment but who gives a f*** we are safe.”
Barton receives an automatic three-match ban and another game because it was his second red of the season.
His kneeing of Aguero could carry another three-match suspension — plus two because it would be his third red of the campaign.
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