Emotional Pep Guardiola hits back at Man City's critics

The Manchester City manager says his club deserve an apology after their European ban was overturned

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola  described their successful legal battle with UEFA as a “great day for football”. PICTURE: James Warwick, PA

The sense of injustice had clearly been eating away at him for weeks, if not months, but when Pep Guardiola finally responded to Manchester City’s critics in the wake of their successful legal battle with UEFA yesterday, it was a reaction that was as ominous as it was emotional.

Just hours after rivals Jurgen Klopp and Jose Mourinho had questioned the decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to over-turn City’s two year Champions League ban, issued by UEFA for alleged Financial Fair Play irregularities, the City manager demanded an apology from his critics while declaring it a “great day for football.”