Pep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City, accused Brighton of defense attorney Jan Paul van Hecke to get involved in a duel that Jeremy Dokus leg could have broken if the Belgian had not jumped out of the way.
Dokus self -preservation was rewarded with a yellow card by the referee Simon Hooper with a yellow card, which put Guardiola into a blind anger on the touchline.
This alleged attack came in the second half of a 2-2 draw in the Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon. City took the lead twice, only to be back from her spirited visitors at every opportunity.
While there are more points that the qualification of City for the Champions League qualification in balance, Guardiola was more concerned with the name of Doku. “If he doesn’t jump, he could break his leg,” the Catalan coach blessed after the game. “Going the grass is a tackle and it jumps so that there is no contact. Jeremy is not a dipper.
“You should know, but it is what it is. We have not won or lost because of this decision. I said to the referee:” If he didn’t jump, he would have been kicked hard. “He jumped to protect himself, but it doesn’t matter, don’t ask me about it.”
The city has brought together with referee Hooper in the past. Wiltshire’s official made it addicted to play an advantage when the defending champions started a last striker thrust last season in the final phase of a 3: 3 draw with Tottenham Hotspur. The referee of the Premier League, Howard Webb, admitted that Hooper was “destroyed” and “repentant” after the misstep.
With a view to the incorrect booking, Guardiola managed to hit a largely optimistic tone in the race for European football in the race for European football.
“It was a good game. A close game – I know how difficult it is to make the process in which we are now. The players gave everything – we take the point and we continue.”
When Guardiola was asked about City’s chances of qualifying for the Champions League in the next season, I have trusted and always have it. “