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Pep Guardiola enraged the referee for reserving Jeremy Doku to dive during the sad 2-2 draw of Manchester City against Brighton on Saturday.
The Belgian end jumped over Jan Paul Van Hecke during the Tackle of the Gaviotas player to avoid being beaten or clear during the citizens' attack phase.
After Doku fell to the ground, the Simon Hooper party officer hastened to give the 22 -year -old star a yellow card to dive at a time that caused heated debates in the city bank.
After the final whistle, the Spanish manager approached the referee for an explanation and said that Doku could have suffered a serious injury if he did not jump over the Dutch center.
“If you don't jump, your leg could be broken,” Guardiola said. 'Going to the grass is a Tackle and Salta, so there is no contact. Jeremy is not a diving player.
They should know, but it is what it is. We did not win or lose due to that decision. I told the referee: “If you don't jump, I would have been kicked hard.”
Pep Guardiola was furious in referee Simon Hooper after the party officer showed Jeremy Doku a yellow card to dive
Manchester City chief said that the Belgian could have suffered a serious injury if he did not jumped on Jan Paul van Hecke
The Doku reserve arrived during another bad exhibition of citizens, which concluded with a 2-2 draw against Brighton at the Etihad stadium
“He jumped to protect himself, but it doesn't matter, don't ask me about that.”
The incident occurred during another disappointing exhibition of the headlines of the premier League Reina, who could not go up to the places of the Champions League at the table.
The game at the Etihad stadium began well for citizens, with Erling Haaland giving the advantage through an attempt to penalize in the 11th minute.
The newcomer Omar Marmoush, who presents in his new role as a no 10, doubled the leadership of the city with a right -footed ray from outside the box in the final stages of the first half.
However, two disappointing goals admitted by Brighton, with the second from Abdukodir Khusanov, have scored citizens 39 and 40 in the Premier League, the largest number with Guardiola.
Doku's yellow card came moments after Bernardo Silva appeared in the field in the 58th minute to replace Savinho in the right wing.
But the game was marked by an unexpected substitution of the Portuguese only 18 minutes after the grass stepped on.
While many thought this could be another innovative idea of Guardiola, the Spanish clarified the reasons to take Silva.
The 22 -year -old yellow card arrived moments before Bernardo Silva appeared in the field on Saturday
However, the Portuguese was forced to leave the field only 18 minutes later, with Guardiola confirming the injury coup
Citizens failed
The former Monaco star showed no apparent signs from a setback, and the Spanish is not sure how long it will be marginalized.
“I don't know he didn't talk to doctors,” Guardiola told Matcho about the day. 'Bernardo is so strong.'
The Spaniard supports the worst season in his career at Manchester City, with the team already out of two competitions, the Champions League and the Cábao Cup, after defeats to Real Madrid and Tottenham, respectively.
His situation in the National League is not better: the team is in fifth place, without hope of a victory and 22 points behind Liverpool leaders.
The reigning champions can even fall into sixth place since Newcastle, who feels a position behind the city with just one point, have a game in hand.
'It was a good game. A tight game: I know how difficult it is to do the process in which we are now, '' he added. 'The players gave everything, we took the point and move on.
'Of course, I have confidence and I have always done it. The young players played well. All defenders were so intelligent. We were close, but unfortunately we couldn't do it.