• News
  • Sport
  • TV
  • Radio
  • Education
  • TV Licences
  • Contact Us
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORT
  • AFRICA
  • WORLD
  • FEATURES
  • OPINION
No Result
View All Result
1
Home Sport

City deserve an apology says defiant Guardiola

14 July 2020, 4:55 PM  |
Reuters Reuters |  @SABCNews
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says they have the right to defend themselves when they believe what they have done is correct.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says they have the right to defend themselves when they believe what they have done is correct.

Image: Reuters

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says they have the right to defend themselves when they believe what they have done is correct.

Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola said his team deserved an apology, after their two year UEFA ban from European football was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) – a verdict he called a “good day for football”.

Guardiola said the club’s reputation had been damaged by the furore around allegations that they broke Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules and fired back at comments from managers Jose Mourinho and Juergen Klopp. “Jose and all the managers should know that we were damaged. We should be apologised (to). Because, like I said many times, if we did something wrong, we will accept absolutely the decisions by UEFA and CAS because we did something wrong,” he said in a news conference on Tuesday.

“We have the right to defend ourselves when we believe what we have done is correct, is right. Three independent judges said this,” he added.

Liverpool manager Klopp had described the CAS verdict on Monday as “not a good day for football” but Guardiola disagreed. “Yesterday was a good day for football because we play with the same rules of FFP as all the clubs in Europe. All of them. (If) we break this FFP, we will be banned,” he said. “We were damaged. The people say that we cheated and lying many, many times. The presumption of innocence was not there and after, when it happened and it was right, of course, we are incredibly happy because we can defend what we have done on the pitch.”

Guardiola also took aim at Spanish league president Javier Tebas, a long-standing critic of City, who had questioned whether CAS was the right court for deciding such matters. “He is another one, this guy Senor Tebas must be so jealous for the Premier League, the English football,” he said.

“He is an incredible legal expert from what I see, so next time we will ask in which court, which judges we have to go. He has to be a little bit worried or concerned about La Liga, (he should) focus on there.

“Normally these kinds of people, when the sentence is good for him it’s perfect like happened many times in Spain right now, but when the sentence is against, the problem is for the other ones,” added Guardiola.

“We will be in the Champions League next season, Senor Tebas, because what we did, we did it properly.”

Share article
Previous Post

WHO warns against reopening schools during COVID-19 peak

Next Post

Ebola spreading in western Congo with nearly 50 confirmed cases

Related Posts

Durban beachfront.

Swimming and conservation come together to celebrate World Oceans Day

3 June 2023, 6:57 PM
Manchaster City's Ilkay Gundogan celebrates victory after scoring the fastest goal in the FA Cup.

Man City’s Gundogan scores fastest ever FA Cup Final goal

3 June 2023, 5:51 PM
Serbia's Novak Djokovic in action during his third round match against Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

Creaking Djokovic adjusting to new reality at French Open

3 June 2023, 9:00 AM
Novak Djokovic during a match

Djokovic survives Davidovich Fokina battle to reach fourth round

2 June 2023, 8:34 PM
File: Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne in action with Manchester United's Christian Eriksen.

Guardiola says United a better team than the one City hammered months ago

2 June 2023, 5:14 PM
Tennis player holding a tennis ball and racket.

Sabalenka powers into French Open fourth round, Khachanov survives

2 June 2023, 4:39 PM
Next Post
The new Ebola outbreak is Congo's eleventh since the virus was discovered near the Ebola River in 1976.

Ebola spreading in western Congo with nearly 50 confirmed cases

Most Viewed

  • 24hrs
  • Week
  • Month
  • Deadline for Zimbabwean Exemption Permits draws near
  • Durban’s N2 road, Spaghetti Junction closed due to cleanup operations
  • Eastern Cape ActionSA raises eyebrows over qualifications of senior officials
  • Limpopo healthcare set to get massive boost with multi-billion rand hospital
  • Scientist finds solution to extending life of power plants’ rotors
  • Dr Nandipha’s looks during court appearances under the spotlight
  • Deadline for Zimbabwean Exemption Permits draws near
  • Reserve Bank expected to increase repo rate on Thursday
  • Zimbabwe receives 18 helicopters from Russian Federation
  • Durban’s N2 road, Spaghetti Junction closed due to cleanup operations
  • Slain teen Palesa Malatji’s family calls for death sentence to be reinstated
  • 2024 national elections will be a turning point for South Africa: Malema
  • DA joins call for Mabuyane’s resignation
  • COPE calls for urgent removal of Eastern Cape premier
  • One of the victims in Muchipisi village tavern shooting identified

LATEST

Image of the train derailment site in Odisha, India.
  • World

Ramaphosa conveys condolences to India after deadly train crash


South African fire-fighters will be deployed to assist in damping the raging wildfires in the Alberta and Manitoba provinces of Canada.
  • South Africa

Over 200 SA fire-fighters to assist in Canada


Image of amaBhungane logo with interdcit wording overlay.
  • South Africa

AmaBhungane doesn’t have to hand back Moti documents…for now


NPA offices.
  • State capture commission highlights
  • State Capture report
  • South Africa

NPA adopts more aggressive strategy to successfully prosecute cases


ActionSA President, Herman Mashaba speaking as the party's announced former Knysna Speaker, Advocate Julie Anne Lopes will be joining the party.
  • Politics

Mashaba secures new publisher for his book after Mashele funding furore


Durban beachfront.
  • Sport

Swimming and conservation come together to celebrate World Oceans Day


Weather

  • About the SABC
  • Contact Us
  • Jobs
  • Advertise
  • Disclaimer
  • Site Map

SABC © 2023

No Result
View All Result
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORT
  • AFRICA
  • WORLD
  • FEATURES
  • OPINION

© 2023

Previous sCHOOL WHO warns against reopening schools during COVID-19 peak
Next Ebola spreading in western Congo with nearly 50 confirmed cases