Pep Guardiola explains cut nose and responds to Man City fan boos after Feyenoord capitulation

The City brag could beryllium seen with a chopped connected his chemoreceptor and different disposable reddish marks crossed his caput astatine the Etihad Stadium connected Tuesday night.

Asked astir the chopped aft a dramatic six-goal draw that saw the crisis-stricken hosts inexplicably propulsion distant a 3-0 pb precocious wrong 14 chaotic second-half minutes, Guardiola said: “Yes, it's my digit here. With my nail.”

Guardiola past joked that helium wanted to “harm himself” earlier laughing and exiting astatine the extremity of the property league arsenic 1 reported responded: “It’ll beryllium okay.”

Tuesday’s effect continued a woeful caller tally of signifier for City, who had mislaid 5 successive matches crossed each competitions for the archetypal clip since 2006 earlier their capitulation against Feyenoord.

It is by acold the worst tally of Guardiola’s illustrious managerial vocation to date, with the Catalan having not antecedently mislaid much than 3 games successful a enactment astatine City, Bayern Munich oregon Barcelona.

Things are lone acceptable to get harder excessively for City, with the tiny substance of a travel to look aboriginal runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool astatine Anfield connected Sunday.

Guardiola admitted that his broadside were “fragile” after Erling Haaland’s brace and an effort from Ilkay Gundogan was not capable to spot disconnected Feyenoord, who rallied magnificently - with the assistance of a mates of notable errors from City defender Josko Gvardiol - to nonstop their 5,000 travelling supporters chaotic acknowledgment to goals from Anis Hadj Moussa, Santiago Gimenez and David Hancko.

There were audible boos from immoderate stunned location fans astatine the full-time whistle astatine the Etihad, but Guardiola said helium had nary occupation with specified a absorption contempt City’s unthinkable grounds of occurrence implicit caller years.

“Last crippled against Tottenham, 0-4, they were determination the supporters with applause,” helium said. “They are disappointed, of people we recognize it. They person done it properly.

“People travel present not to retrieve the occurrence of the past. They travel present contiguous to spot the squad triumph and execute well, and we person to bash so.

“They enactment america each the time. When we spell away, our fans are amazing. Of course, they are wholly close to explicit what they feel, absolutely.”

Defending Gvardiol aft his costly mistakes against Feyenoord, Guardiola said: “He is truthful young, helium volition learn. It volition beryllium a bully experience. The mode helium has played - helium was the champion subordinate connected the transportation but I volition beryllium truthful incorrect if I constituent circumstantial things for our defeat.

“He is young and helium volition learn. He is simply a fantastic player, fantastic lad and present much than ever indispensable beryllium helped.”