:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/EGLI6A5UJFE4RGE3C7IJNQ63YI.jpg "Pep Guardiola was embarrassed and publicly apologized to Steven Gerrard for his ‘dumb comment’")
In full investigation opened on Manchester City for financial irregularities, and the possibility that the titles won since 2009 are at stake, Pep Guardiola was forced to apologize privately and publicly to the former Liverpool legend Steven Gerard.
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“I apologize to Gerrard for the pointless and stupid comment I made about him last time.”lamented the Spanish coach after the unfortunate sentence he had last week when he tried to answer with irony about the possibility of having the Cups won so far removed.
A few days ago, the former Barcelona coach tried to defend Manchester City demonstrating that the titles they obtained were not directly linked to economic irregularities and gave as an example consecration in the Premier League for the 2013-2014 seasonin which an error by the English midfielder left the way clear for the Citizens.
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“Was your mistake our fault?”asked ironically about that game in which Liverpool, who were three points clear of City with three dates to play, lost to Chelsea and said goodbye to the tournament that finally crowned Manchester.
“You know how much I admire him and his career., what he has done for this country where I live. I’m embarrassed by what I said, he didn’t deserve it. I firmly believe in what I said when defending my club, but I didn’t represent it well by putting Gerrard’s name in those stupid comments. I apologized privately, but since I said it publicly, I say it here too. It was stupid”, condemned Pep after seeing the repercussions his words had.
The episode in question.
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The 20-year-old midfielder put the home owner ahead but couldn’t prevent the 2-1 loss to Wolverhampton on the 23rd date of the tournament.
ran the date 36 of the 2013-14 Premier League. Liverpool were leaders with a three-point lead over City and five against Chelsea, who they were due to play at Anfield. In this duel, towards the end of the first half and with the score of 0-0, Sakho passed it to Gerrard, and he he couldn’t control a ball that, at first glance, looked easy.
Trying to regain possession of the ball, the legendary England midfielder he slipped and Demba Ba took advantage of the error. The Blue striker went to goal with a dominated ball and scored 1-0. Later the second came and the citizens took advantage of this defeat to snatch the first place in the Reds then the title.
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