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- The Spaniard claimed his winger might have had his leg damaged after the deal with
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Pep Guardiola fumed on the referee for reserving Jeremy Doku for diving throughout Manchester Metropolis’s dismal 2-2 draw in opposition to Brighton on Saturday.
The Belgian winger jumped over Jan Paul van Hecke in the course of the Seagulls’ participant’s deal with in an effort to keep away from being hit or cleared out in the course of the Residents’s attacking section.
After Doku fell to the bottom, match official Simon Hooper was fast at hand the 22-year-old star a yellow card for diving in a second which sparked heated debates at Metropolis’s bench.
Following the ultimate whistle, the Spanish supervisor approached the referee for an evidence and claimed that Doku might have suffered a extreme harm ought to he not jumped over the Dutch centre again.
‘If he doesn’t soar, he might break his leg,’ Guardiola stated. ‘To go on the grass is a deal with and he jumps so there isn’t any contact. Jeremy just isn’t a diving participant.’
‘They need to know however it’s what it’s. We didn’t win or lose due to that call. I stated to the referee: “If he doesn’t soar he’d have been kicked exhausting”.
Pep Guardiola was noticed fuming at referee Simon Hooper after the match official confirmed Jeremy Doku a yellow card for diving
The Manchester Metropolis boss claimed the Belgian might have suffered a extreme harm ought to he not jumped over Jan Paul van Hecke
Doku’s reserving got here throughout one other dismal show by the Residents, which concluded with a 2-2 draw in opposition to Brighton on the Etihad Stadium
‘He jumped to guard himself nevertheless it doesn’t matter, don’t ask me about that.’
The incident got here throughout one other disappointing show by the reigning Premier League title holders, who did not climb to Champions League spots within the desk.
The sport on the Etihad Stadium began effectively for the Residents, with Erling Haaland giving the lead by way of a penalty try within the eleventh minute.
Newcomer Omar Marmoush – that includes in his contemporary function as a No 10 – doubled the lead for Metropolis with a right-foot thunderbolt from exterior the field within the closing levels of the primary half.
Nevertheless, two disappointing objectives conceded by Brighton – with the second coming from Abdukodir Khusanov – have marked the Residents’ thirty ninth and fortieth within the Premier League, the most important quantity below Guardiola.
Doku’s yellow card got here simply moments after Bernardo Silva appeared on the pitch within the 58th minute to interchange Savinho on the correct wing.
However the recreation was marked by an surprising substitution of the Portuguese simply 18 minutes after he stepped on the grass.
Whereas many thought this may very well be one other revolutionary concept from Guardiola, the Spaniard clarified the explanations for taking Silva off.
The 22-year-old winger’s yellow card got here simply moments earlier than Bernardo Silva appeared on the pitch on Saturday
Nevertheless, the Portuguese was compelled off the pitch simply 18 minutes after, with Guardiola confirming the harm blow
The Residents did not ease fears of lacking out on the Champions League subsequent season remaining on the fifth place within the Premier League
The previous Monaco star didn’t present any obvious indicators of a setback, and the Spaniard is not sure how lengthy he shall be sidelined.
‘I do not know I did not communicate to the medical doctors,’ Guardiola instructed Match of the Day. ‘Bernardo is so sturdy.’
The Spaniard endures the worst season in his Manchester Metropolis profession, with the crew already out of two competitions – the Champions League and Carabao cup – following defeats to Actual Madrid and Tottenham respectively.
His state of affairs within the home league is not any higher – the crew sits in fifth place, with out hopes of a triumph and 22 factors behind leaders Liverpool.
The reigning champions may even drop to sixth place since Newcastle – who sit one place behind Metropolis by only one level – have one recreation in hand.
‘It was recreation. A good recreation – I understand how troublesome it’s to make the method which we’re in now,’ he added. ‘The gamers gave every part – we take the purpose and we hold going.
‘After all, I’ve confidence and I at all times have. The younger gamers performed good. All of the defenders had been so intelligent. We had been shut, however sadly we could not do it.’
