Pep Guardiola gives blunt response to Arne Slot joke at Manchester City’s expense

Pep Guardiola would not beryllium drawn connected Arne Slot’s gag astir the 115 charges Manchester City face, blessed to judge the Liverpool manager was lone speaking successful jest.

The Reds bushed City 2-0 connected Sunday and aft the crippled Mohamed Salah suggested it could beryllium his past gathering with Guardiola’s broadside arsenic helium is retired of declaration astatine the extremity of the season.

The uncertainty implicit the Egyptian’s aboriginal continues, with Liverpool yet to connection him a caller woody and Slot was presented with his forward’s comments astatine a property league connected Tuesday.

The Anfield brag joked that Salah whitethorn person discovered City are facing relegation arsenic a effect of the 115 charges implicit alleged breaches of fiscal rules.

‘Maybe Mo knows much astir the 115 [charges] truthful helium doesn’t expect them to beryllium successful the Premier League adjacent season,’ Slot said.

Keen to clarify helium was joking, the Dutchman added: ’ I bash expect them to beryllium successful the Premier League. That was a joke! I bash repeat, that was a joke.’

Guardiola excessively faced a property league and was presented with Slot’s comments, saying: ‘It was a joke. He said it was a gag right? It was a joke.’

Guardiola was besides asked astir wherefore helium chose to clasp six fingers up to fans astatine Anfield, of some Liverpool and Manchester City, representing his six Premier League titles.

It was suggested to the Spaniard that it could beryllium a motion of him losing his chill arsenic City conflict severely for form, without a triumph successful 7 games successful each competitions.

‘We won six, yeah. I was ne'er cool,’ helium said. ‘Do you cognize wherefore I was cool? Because we won. If you ever win, it’s truthful cool, it’s truthful handsome, it’s truthful nice. When you don’t triumph it’s wholly the opposite. But it’s the same.’

Jose Mourinho memorably held 3 fingers aloft erstwhile helium was Manchester United manager, with Guardiola being told this was seen arsenic the opening of the extremity for him successful that role.

‘I anticipation not successful my case,’ said the City boss. ‘Maybe we are akin similar Jose, but helium won 3 and I won six! We are unneurotic successful those situations.

‘It was conscionable to marque our fans consciousness that what we person done is extraordinary. I privation to beryllium that we are an unthinkable shot club. Sooner oregon aboriginal it’s going to beryllium the extremity but I volition effort to widen arsenic overmuch arsenic imaginable for the champion of my club.’

Guardiola’s looks to get backmost to winning ways erstwhile his squad big Nottingham Forest connected Wednesday nighttime successful the Premier League.

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