Monday, January 2, 2017

Guardiola tetchy despite City beating Burnley with 10 men (The Associated Press)

Manchester City's Fernandinho right, is shown the red card by referee Lee Mason, during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Burnley, at the Etihad Stadium, in Manchester, England Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)

Pep Guardiola was tetchy and terse even though his Manchester City side needed only 10 men to beat Burnley 2-1 on Monday in a swift recovery from a loss to title rival Liverpool. City captain Fernandinho was shown a straight red card in the 32nd minute for a two-footed lunge on Johann Gudmundsson at the Etihad Stadium - his third dismissal in his last six games. ''You are the journalist, you can see it and you can explain it,'' Guardiola said in testy post-match broadcast interview.


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