Pep Guardiola rages at referee and claims Man City get bad treatment

Pep Guardiola has expressed his frustration with refereeing and says that Manchester City have been on the receiving end of poor decisions for a decade. This comes after Bournemouth's equaliser was allowed to stand despite protests from Gianluigi Donnarumma. Despite winning the match 3-1 and overtaking the Cherries to secure second place in the Premier League, Guardiola was irate about the 'unbelievable' goal scored by Tyler Adams.

This followed David Brooks momentarily pulling Donnarumma's arm from a corner, an incident which Guardiola highlighted unprompted post-match. Guardiola revealed he had asked referee Anthony Taylor to clarify whether it was a foul or not, but stated he wouldn't waste his time discussing the decision with the officials as it was part of a pattern he has observed over the past 10 years at the Etihad.

"I don't call to the officials and the referees, I'm not the manager to do that," he said. He noted that many esteemed managers have done so in the past, but it's not his style.

"I don't do it. Of course they will not call me, but [Brooks went] there and pulled [Donnarumma's arm] down and made it unstable. And after that, I'm sorry to tell you. But I said many times, I know all the referees, I know them one decade perfectly, what is going on in this stadium. I know it.

"I don't call. I don't have time. My schedule is three games, I have games. I don't have time to waste my time talking. I said to [Taylor] after when we see each other, tell me if it's a foul or not because I'm waiting.

"If it's a foul or not, just tell me. Just take a look. It's fine. They're brave here. In the Etihad they are brave, so brave. I'm one decade here and we know each other quite well.

"I'm so pleased that what we achieved with Man City, despite everything, so it has been so good. So good."

Donnarumma received a yellow card for his objections and the ruling infuriated the home supporters, with Guardiola encouraging them to generate even greater noise as City regained control on the field.

Haaland put them back in front before Nico O'Reilly secured the 3-1 victory in the second half.