Guardiola swears on live TV: Pep Guardiola swore on live television after being asked about Benjamin Mendy’s whereabouts.
Benjamin Mendy is currently out of action as he recovers from a meniscus injury.
Manchester City have made a strong comeback in the Premier League title race after a stunning defeat to Newcastle United.
City were aided by Liverpool’s drop in form as the side dropped four points in their last two games. Liverpool were held by Leicester City and West Ham United and will host Bournemouth in their weekend fixture tomorrow.
Guardiola interacted with the media for the pre-match conference earlier today and talked about Benjamin Mendy, dropping an F-bomb when suggested by a media-person that the player is in Hong Kong.
Guardiola swears on live TV:
Benjamin Mendy tagged himself at the Hong Kong airport in an Instagram story on Friday morning.
One of the reporters questioned about the Instagram story to Pep Guardiola in the press conference. The Manchester City manager was bemused and swore on live television.
“Wow, I didn’t know. F***, he’s a lucky guy. He said he was going to Paris but Hong Kong is far away. I need to download an Instagram account,” Guardiola said.
“Yesterday he was in Barcelona. It will definitely not be OK if he is in Hong Kong.”
Here’s the video:
Benjamin Mendy uploaded an Instagram story in Hong Kong earlier on today. Pep Guardiola was asked what he thought about him being there instead of with the team, this was his response! pic.twitter.com/WWin1oAKuS
— Mootaz Chehade (@MHChehade) February 8, 2019
Benjamin Mendy issued a hilarious response to Guardiola following the incident.
🤣🤣🤣 it was just joking with my uber driver I dont want no problems Pep
— Benjamin Mendy (@benmendy23) February 8, 2019
Manchester City hosts the fourth-placed Chelsea in the Premier League this Sunday. The sides will take on each other on February 24 as well, as they play in the final of the Carabao Cup.
Sarri on Man City:”Here is really very difficult because the Premier League is very competitve. It is not easy to win or get into the Champions League. We need to work but I think they are an example for every club.” He thinks Chelsea will compete with City, eventually pic.twitter.com/QXUuBgJbff
— Enock Kobina Essel (@kobinaessel39) February 8, 2019
PEP 💬 Tomorrow Liverpool play before. I don’t think they feel the pressure. They wanna play good and win the games. I think they will be there until the end. We have to win our games, that’s all.
The Premier League decide when we play.
— Manchester City (@ManCity) February 8, 2019
“I have a lot of respect. The game Sunday is a final for us. We have to play in that way,” the City manager said.
Manchester City are currently at the top of the table, but Liverpool have a game’s advantage after Guardiola’s side played against Everton on Wednesday night.
PEP 💬 At Chelsea, I understand what they want to do and they are doing it.
Good organisation, offensive and defensive, they know what they want to do. It’s a final for us. We have to play in that way.
— Manchester City (@ManCity) February 8, 2019
Liverpool were three points ahead of City before Guardiola’s side defeated Everton 2-0 earlier this week. Manchester City have a superior goal difference.
