Champions League: What Guardiola told referee Lahoz that got him sent off in 2-1 loss to Liverpool
actually told Spanish referee, Antonio Mateu Lahoz, during his side's
2-1 loss to Liverpool in the Champions League quarter final second leg
on Tuesday.
Spanish outlet, Marca revealed that the former Barcelona coach told
Lahoz to shut up at half-time of the game.
The referee sent Guardiola to the stands when the City manager angrily
confronted him on the pitch and was seen wildly gesturing at the
official.
City had a Leroy Sane's goal wrong disallowed when Lahoz and his
assistant decided that the goal was offside, when in fact the ball had
come off James Milner.
Guardiola shouted at the referee as his players made their way into
the dressing room at the half-time, before he was ordered to spend the
second half watching from the stands.
The Spaniard later denied he had said anything to justify Lahoz's
decision to send him to the stand. But Marca claimed Guardiola told
Lahoz to shut his mouth.
The Sports outlet quoted Guardiola to have said, "It's a penalty,
watch it on the net, it's a goal and it's a penalty, close your mouth,
it's a goal and it's a penalty."
Guardiola, who has history with the referee, had after the match told
reporters that Lahoz likes to be "special", hinting he (Guardiola)
thinks very little of the official's integrity.
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