PEP Guardiola has broken his silence on Kyle Walker and Erling Haaland’s scuffle with an Arsenal coach.
The two Man City stars appeared to have a heated exchange with set-piece specialist Nicolas Jover.
Sky SportsErling Haaland and Kyle Walker got into a furious clash with Nicolas Jover at the final whistle[/caption]
AFPMan City boss Pep Guardiola said he knows what happened but refused to say what[/caption]
After the game, the Cityzens manager revealed he know what sparked the exchange.
Guardiola said: “I know what happened but I don’t want to say anything. They know it.”
Quizzed if he was happy with Arsenal’s conduct, he replied: “Yeah, absolutely.”
City lost 1-0 to the Gunners after a late winner from Gabriel Martinelli in the 86th minute.
And it appeared that Haaland and Walker were caught up in a furious altercation with some members of the hosts’ coaching staff as they made their way to the tunnel.
Footage showed there were arguments and some pushing between the Norway international and the North Londoners’ set-piece coach Nicolas Jover, who used to work for the Citizens.
The incident took place by the tunnel and Walker played peacemaker between his team-mate and Jover.
It was a tense afternoon for both sides during a tight game where defence was the winner.
Haaland, himself, was pretty anonymous throughout the match.
Arsenal defender William Saliba kept the star striker quiet with some exceptional marking.
In fact, the Norwegian didn’t register a single shot on or off target throughout the match.
The defeat was Man City’s second consecutive loss in the Premier League, following their defeat to Wolves.
Bernardo Silva said after the game: “It’s a setback, but it’s still the beginning. We’re far away from the end of the season. Against a top opponent at the Emirates, it’s never easy to play.
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“The game was tough for both teams, it could have gone either way. It was decided in a detail, by a deflection. In my opinion we gave them too much time to think and put the ball in behind.
“We have to be a bit more intense in the way we press in those moments. It is what it is; it’s part of football.
“Last season we won the Treble, and there was a point in the season when nothing was going our way. You have these moments. It’s the way you overcome them that defines what you are and who you are.”