Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has backed his players in a row with the referee.
Guardiola was speaking about his team’s reaction after a 3-3 draw with Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday.
City could have scored through Jack Grealish on a fast break, but the ball was brought back for a City free kick for a foul on Erling Haaland.
Asked about the City players and their furious reaction, their head coach stated: “I would like to know how the reaction should be when that last action happened?.
“Maybe Jack wouldn’t have scored, who knows? But I would like to know from the Premier League or whoever, how should we react in that situation to win a tough game.
“How should the players not react? They want to fine us, we’ll be fined. It’s fine. I promise you, all of us, if you are a footballer and it happened, you would react in that way.
“Of course you have to respect the referees. Tell me one player or manager who doesn’t respect the referees. But it’s emotions, it’s feelings. I don’t understand how it should be different. I understand my players completely. The way we behaved in the last two games against top sides, we are there. We are there.”