Pep Guardiola seems very much fearless despite having his game to be officiated by a referee he has slippery relationship with
In three
different Manchester City UEFA Champions League games,
the Spanish referee has awarded three penalties against the Cityzens.
Not just these
but Antonio Mateu Lahoz has also sent Pep Guardiola to the stands against
Liverpool in 2018 and booked Sergio Aguero for diving during contest against AS
Monaco in the previous UCL campaign.
But all these
seems not to bother the former Barcelona manager who is confident his side will
cause problems to Chelsea on
the 29th of May.
Speaking in reaction to the game been
officiated by a referee he has a bad history with, Pep Guardiola said; “Mateu Lahoz is a special
guy, he likes to be different, he likes to be special.
Asked if
he is bothered by the fact Mateu holds the whistle on Saturday, Guardiola
continued; “Not one second, I could not care less. I am so confident in my
team.
“You
cannot imagine how confident I am in my team and what we have to do.”
City have
already lost twice the West Londoners but Guardiola is fearless ahead of their
third encounter.
“Chelsea
create problems for all teams,” he added.
“We have
to see how many problems we create for them … They have beaten us in two games,
congratulations, but this is a different competition and a final and we will
see what happens.”
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