Pep Guardiola's managed "Manchester City" lost one of the first finals of the season last Sunday - the "Cityzens" away couldn't resist against the "Liverpool" team.
In the battle for the leader position in the "Premier" league, the "Cityzens" conceded a 1-3 defeat to their opponents. This duel was not lacking in controversial moments, after which an incredible wave of emotions flooded P. Guardiola.
The Catalan showed two fingers during the match to Mike Dean, who was working as the fourth official, symbolizing how many times the "Liverpool" players played the ball with their hand in the penalty box.
After the final whistle, P. Guardiola briefly spoke with the main referee Michael Oliver, sarcastically thanking him for a "great job."
The strategist only briefly mentioned VAR to the "Sky Sports" journalist after the match and added that the team played fantastic games.
"Today, in the world's most complex stadium, we showed why we are champions," said P. Guardiola. "It was a performance worthy of respect. Congratulations to Jurgen and his fantastic team. It was a great match. We tried, did this and that, but we cannot expect that the opponents would not score in this area. We created more chances than usual. Yes, the way we played in this match was incredible. I am extremely proud of my players who fought against the best team in Europe. Despite all the problems and injuries we have in the lineup, we played fantastically," praised the coach to his players.
Asked about VAR controversy and possible referee mistakes, P. Guardiola replied: "I feel uncomfortable talking about it because it seems like I'm the only one complaining about refereeing. Ask Mike Riley (head of the referees association) and other big bosses about that."
When the journalist replied that he couldn't do that, P. Guardiola added: "That's exactly what I'm talking about."
Doubts arose from the match episodes:
Pls can var explain to me why Salah wasn't offside and Arnold handball wasn't a penalty. #LIVMCI
