The Spanish coach responded to Pochettino’s strange behavior after the Chelsea-Manchester City summit.
Argentina coach Mauricio Pochettino apologized to Chelsea coach, referee Anthony Taylor and Manchester City’s Spanish coach Pep Guardiola after the two teams clashed at Stamford Bridge on Sunday evening in the 12th round of the 2023-2024 season. Season of the English Premier League.
Chelsea drew 4-4 with Manchester City in the English Premier League’s most exciting game of the current season, but Pochettino made an unexpected move after the final whistle.
The Argentina coach entered the field after the final whistle to protest Taylor’s decisions, as Pochettino thought his player Raheem Sterling could have scored from a counterattack, but the referee blew the whistle to not allow the attack to finish.
Meanwhile, Pochettino ignored Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola’s handshake and focused all his efforts on criticizing the refereeing team, which earned him a yellow card.
Mauricio Pochettino made a sincere apology to the referee after the match, saying: “I have to apologize to Anthony and the refereeing team. At that moment I felt Raheem could have scored.”
He added: “I deserve a warning. I also want to apologize to him (Pep Guardiola). I was focused on the match.”
For his part, the Manchester City coach commented on the incident during his post-match statements: “I won’t say a word. Everything is fine. These feelings happen to me sometimes. It happened in the past with Pochettino. . Don’t get me wrong, but no. .” “Exactly.”
