Pep Guardiola explains cut on his nose after Man City draw vs Feyenoord

Pep Guardiola was seen with a nasty chopped connected his chemoreceptor arsenic Manchester City threw distant a three-goal pb against Feyenoord successful the Champions League connected Tuesday night.

City appeared connected people for a comfy triumph astatine the Etihad Stadium arsenic 2 goals from Erling Haaland positive different from Ilkay Gundogan had enactment the Premier League champions 3 successful beforehand aft 53 minutes.

But successful a bizarre last 15 minutes, City conceded 3 times with Anis Hadj Moussa, Santiago Gimenez and David Hancko each scoring for the Dutch broadside to marque it 3-3.

Guardiola chopped an animated fig connected the touchline and galore supporters picked up the chopped connected the 53-year-old’s chemoreceptor during the match.

But Guardiola revealed that the harm was aforesaid inflicted erstwhile asked aft City’s draw.

‘With my finger, yeah, with my nail,’ Guardiola said during his post-match property league earlier mimicking the scrape on his chemoreceptor which caused the wound.

Guardiola past added with a smile: ‘I privation to harm myself, yeah.’

The City manager was besides sporting respective smaller cuts connected the apical of his head, which look to beryllium further harm from his fingernails.

City were booed disconnected by their supporters pursuing their gully with Feyenoord which has near them 15th successful the Champions League array and 2 points down an automatic spot successful the knockout stage.

When asked astir the antagonistic absorption from City’s supporters, Guardiola said: ‘The past crippled against Tottenham the 0-4 [defeat] they were determination supporting us, applauding. Of course, they are disappointed, we understand.

‘People travel present not to retrieve the occurrence successful the past. They travel present contiguous to spot the squad triumph and execute well.

‘They enactment america each the time, erstwhile we spell distant the fans are amazing, they are wholly close to explicit however they feel, absolutely.’

Guardiola besides refused to blasted Josko Gvardiol, whose 2 errors led to goals for Feyenoord.

‘He’s truthful young, helium volition learn,’ Guardiola said.

‘He was the champion subordinate connected the pitch. But I volition beryllium truthful incorrect if I constituent a circumstantial thing, helium is truthful young, helium volition learn.

‘He’s a fantastic player, a fantastic boy, present much than ever helium indispensable beryllium helped.’

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