Pep Guardiola forgets Aguero’s disallowed goal: Manchester City faced a stunning 2-1 defeat against Newcastle.
Manchester City’s title challenge took a huge hot earlier tonight as they faced a devastating 2-1 defeat against Newcastle.
Rafa Benitez’s side made an emphatic comeback after conceding within 23 seconds from kick-off.
Salomon Rondon equalized for Newcastle in the 66th minute, while Matt Ritchie’s goal from spot-kick proved to be the winner for the host side.
However, a controversial incident took place in the first half when Kevin de Bruyne was yellow-carded for taking a free-kick too quickly (and Aguero scoring). Pep Guardiola was asked to comment on the incident, but the Manchester City manager didn’t seem to remember it at all!
Pep Guardiola forgets Aguero’s disallowed goal:
In the post-match interview, the Manchester City manager was asked to comment on the side’s 2-1 defeat to Newcastle.
The interviewer also questioned him on his opinion about Paul Tierney’s decision to book Kevin de Bruyne and disallow Sergio Aguero’s goal, which would’ve otherwise doubled the lead for the visitors.
However, Guardiola had a blank expression on his face and it wasn’t until he was helped by another member of the broadcasting team to remember the incident.
The interviewer funnily said, “You’ve missed that one in the grand scheme of things, so probably it’s not that important anymore!”
Here’s the video. The part begins at 00:43
“These actions can change the game, of course, but in general, our game was not in rhythm we need to play in a Premier League game,” Guardiola replied.
With this loss, Manchester City remain four points behind league leaders Liverpool, who have an opportunity to further extend the lead to seven points as they take on Leicester City tomorrow night.
