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Sergio Aguero says Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was right to drop him after he returned from the last international break not feeling right. The Argentina international striker admitted he felt like a "bad player" after he missed a penalty in his country's 1-0 defeat to Paraguay in a World Cup qualifier in October. Aguero played in the game despite suffering a calf injury four days before the game, but was left on the bench when he returned to Manchester City for their games against Everton and Barcelona. It prompted suggestions that his future at the club could be in doubt but the 28-year-old insisted it was the right decision. "Being there, the mind is always different, you are thinking of something else," he told Argentine newspaper Ole. "I arrived at Manchester and I wasn't well so I didn't start against Everton. Pep and I talked about it, that when you come with something in your head, it influences you in the game. "In the end I came on and I missed the penalty again. It was a week to forget. But luckily afterwards everything changed. I could reverse it." Aguero has missed four penalties this season for club and country but Guardiola said he wouldn't take him off penalty duty. And the striker says he will continue to take spot-kicks although teammate Lionel Messi will be the first choice penalty-taker for Argentina's game with Brazil on Thursday. "No, if I have to take it, I'm going to take it," he added. "Now Leo is with us. But if it's my turn to do so, I will face it. If I didn't do it out of fear, I'd be a coward." Argentina are currently outside the qualification places for Russia 2018 ahead of their game against Brazil in Belo Horizonte.
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