Coach Pep Guardiola was very angry about the situation he had to receive a yellow card in response to the decision that the referee took away a penalty from Man City.
Convincing Arsenal 3-1 right at the Emirates Stadium on February 16, but Man City just “shot in the foot” when newly promoted team Nottingham Forest held with a score of 1-1 in the 24th round of the Premier League . Brother .
Being held back by Nottingham Forest, Man City dropped to 2nd place with 52 points after 24 matches, 2 points behind the team that had just retaken the top spot Arsenal and even kicked 1 match more than “Gunners”.
Notably, things could have gone much smoother for Man City if they had been awarded a penalty in the middle of the second half to increase the score to 2-0 in the trip last night. That was the situation in the 65th minute when Erling Haaland led the ball close to the home team’s penalty area before falling down due to being shoved in the shoulder by midfielder Joe Worrall.
Worrall had previously received a yellow card after 14 minutes. Nottingham Forest’s No. 4, however, escaped a second yellow card and was sent off for a foul on Haaland. The VAR team also did not intervene in the controversial ball mentioned above, saying that it was not a penalty when it was determined that Haaland was fouled and the Norwegian striker’s position fell outside the 16m50 circle.
Coach Pep Guardiola had words to react to this decision and got him to be cautioned by referee Graham Scott for his behavior.
After the draw like losing to Nottiingham Forest, the “captain” of Man City sarcastically: “We will not make many excuses although I can say a lot about what happened this season. a player facing the keeper, why did he fall? Why did Erling fall in the face of the goalkeeper (Keylor Navas)?”.
“The decision can be made lightly, maybe not, but that’s why I complained to the fourth referee. I want to know why Haaland fell when he entered the box and then I got a yellow card?”, said Pep.
After the draw with Nottingham Forest, Man City will fly to Germany to be the guest of formidable rival RB Leipzig in the first leg of the 1/8 Champions League round at 3am on February 23 (Vietnam time). After 3 days, teachers and coach Pep Guardiola continued to march to Bourne’s yard to play round 25 of the English Premier League .
Video of a controversial ball in the Nottingham Forest – Man City match caused coach Pep Guardiola to receive a yellow card (K+ copyright):
Video of a controversial ball in the Nottingham Forest – Man City match caused coach Pep Guardiola to receive a yellow card (K+ copyright):
