Guardiola shouted Julián Álvarez’s goal into a Liverpool player’s face and sparked controversy in the Premier League

Manchester City he beat 4-1 Liverpool with Julián Álvarez as the big star of the match and continues to chase Arsenal in Premier League but in England there is only talk of one thing: the celebration of Pep Guardiola in one of the goals.

The exuberant Spanish coach let everything go once his team’s victory was consummated, which started losing against Mohamed Salah’s goal and ended up turning the situation around with a football concert in which Julián, Kevin De scored Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Jack Grealish.

The problem was that the equalizing goal, scored by Julián, clenched his fists and unleashed his tension in front of Konstantinos Tsimikas, a Liverpool player who was a substitute and walked past him. Pep realized how shocking the scene was, but continued on his behalf and tried to shake the footballer’s hand. The 26-year-old Greek reacted with enviable coldness: he got rid of Guardiola and kept walking. Behind him, the Brazilian Arthur MeloHe accepted the greeting of the DT, albeit reluctantly.

Those who did not let Guardiola’s gesture pass were the English journalists, who went to the press conference determined to ask him for what they considered “a lack of respect” towards Liverpool.

“I was happy and I just told him how good our goal was, nothing more,” Pep began.

Then they insinuated that it had been “provocative”, a word that ended up annoying him: “Come on…” Guardiola exclaimed, a little annoyed. And he continued: “Talk to Tsimikas and ask him if he thought he was being disrespectful, talk to the people of Liverpool; that’s how I celebrated the goal, I also celebrated it with my son who was in a box, that’s all.” .

“Do you feel that I have disrespected you? Yes? Well, sorry…”, Guardiola ended up giving in, with clear signs of anger. It’s just that his team played one of the best games of the year but he ended up talking about something other than the ball.

Julián’s City held a concert against Liverpool

World champion Julián Álvarez scored once and featured in the earlier two-goal effort in Manchester City’s 4-1 home win against Liverpool today, for the 29th. Football fixture of the English Premier League.

Liverpool took the lead at the City of Manchester stadium after 16 minutes thanks to Egypt’s Mohamed Salah, but City turned the tables with goals from Julián Álvarez (27), Belgian Kevin De Bruyne (46), German Ilkay Gundogan ( 53) and Englishman Jack Grealish (73).

The Argentine striker made his debut following a muscle injury suffered by the Norwegian Erling Haaland, top scorer in the Premier League, and which prevented him from performing with his team in the Qualifiers for the Eurocopa Germany 2024, in the matches against Spain and Georgia.

Álvarez’s performance was very good. He equalized from Grealish’s low cross, then gave Algerian Riyad Mahrez a precise pass into De Bruyne’s goal and Gundogan’s 3-1 victory came after a clearance on his shot.

Álvarez’s great moment is reaffirmed in every appearance and in his goals, proving once again that starting the game suits him well and that it is only postponed by the presence of an incredible goalscorer like Haaland.

The trio formed by Álvarez-Grealish-Mahrez was instrumental in City’s victory, their fourth in a row in the Premier League, against a rival who had no answers and which each date is furthest from a chance to qualify for the 2024 Champions League .

The victory, however, was not enough for City to shorten the gap as a backup from leaders Arsenal, who then prevailed at home against Leeds United 4-1, with two goals from the Brazilian Gabriel Jesús and goals from Ben White and the Swiss Granite Xhaka. The Danish Rasmus Kristensen discounted for the visit.

The “Gunners” score their seventh consecutive Premier League victory and maintain a gap of 8 units over City, who owe a match.

At the other end, Argentinian Alexis Mac Allister saved Brighton from defeat at home, scoring the final penalty to make it 3-3 after 90 minutes of the match against Brentford. The Argentine national footballer thus achieved his eighth goal of the season.