After his team barely made it to the quarter-finals of the tournament, "Manchester City" manager Pep Guardiola called the ball used in the "Carabao" Cup "unacceptable."
Despite their domination in the "Premier" league, the "citizens" with Gabriel Jesus and Sergio Aguero upfront failed to score against the "Championship" leaders "Wolverhampton" and the match went to a penalty shootout.
The coach believes that this was largely due to the "Mitre" ball, which is usually used by lower division clubs.
"It's unacceptable. The ball was unacceptable for a high-level tournament," Guardiola said.
"It's too light and flies all over the place. It's not a good ball. It's impossible to score with this ball, but since we won, I can't really complain."
"All my players were saying, 'What is this?' I'm sorry, but the 'Carabao' Cup doesn't have a serious ball for a serious tournament."
"It's all marketing, money. That's fine, but it's not acceptable - it doesn't have any weight, nothing."
In the penalty shootout, "City" players performed better - they converted four shots from the penalty spot. Meanwhile, their goalkeeper Claudio Bravo saved attempts from Alfredo N'Diaye and Conor Coady, and the "citizens" won with a score of 4-1.
