• Guardiola says opposite number might be trying to sway referee
Pep Guardiola has reacted to Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s suggestion that Manchester City’s players will push the boundaries in Wednesday’s derby and accused the United manager of trying to influence the referee.
Solskjær’s belief is that City will press hard at Old Trafford and foul United high up the pitch because there is less chance of them being booked for misdemeanours in those areas. “You don’t get the yellow cards [there], do you? But that’s just because they commit so many players forward and you can clearly see that they’ve got them in that mould of trying to win the ball back, and they do make fouls,” the United manager said.
Written by Jamie Jackson
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/apr/23/pep-guardiola-ole-gunnar-solskjaer-fouls under the title “Pep Guardiola hits back at Ole Gunnar Solskjær over ‘foul’ accusations”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
