Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has ‘sympathy’ for Pep Guardiola over facial cuts

Arsenal brag Mikel Arteta has sent a classy connection to Pep Guardiola aft the Manchester City manager said helium wanted to ‘harm’ himself.

Guardiola was spotted with facial cuts after City threw distant a 3-0 pb successful the Champions League to Feyenoord connected Tuesday nighttime to gully 3-3.

‘Yeah, [it’s from] my finger… with my nail,’ Guardiola said successful his post-match property conference. ‘I privation to harm myself.’

The City manager, nether unit aft six games without a win, faced a backlash and aboriginal insisted he did not ‘intend to marque light’ of self-harm.

Arteta has ever remained adjacent with Guardiola, having worked arsenic his No.2 astatine City earlier helium took the Arsenal occupation successful 2019.

The Arsenal manager was asked connected Friday if helium was acrophobic astir Guardiola and said: ‘That’s thing precise personal.

‘But I consciousness a batch of sympathy for my colleagues, I cognize the job, I cognize however ruthless this manufacture is and I cognize however we get judged by conscionable 1 happening which is results.

‘I cognize however hard it is due to the fact that personally I person been done that a batch and each decision is ace painful.

‘Just enactment immoderate position connected it similar we ever bash and determination connected due to the fact that determination is ever different game.’

City instrumentality to enactment connected Sunday with a showdown against Premier League rubric rivals Liverpool astatine Anfield.

Ahead of that match, Guardiola posted connected Instagram: ‘I was caught disconnected defender with a question astatine the extremity of a property league astir a scratch which had appeared connected my look and explained that a crisp fingernail had accidentally caused this.

‘My reply was successful nary mode intended to marque airy of the precise superior contented of self-harm.

‘I cognize that galore radical conflict with intelligence wellness issues each time and I would similar to instrumentality this infinitesimal to item 1 of the ways successful radical tin question help, by calling the Samaritans hotline connected 116 123 oregon emailing jo@samaritans.org.’

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