PEP GUARDIOLA APOLOGISES TO GERRARD FOR COMMENTS OVER ANFIELD SLIP
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Pep Guardiola has revealed he apologised to Steven Gerrard for his comments over the Liverpool legend’s slip in 2014 which helped Manchester City win the Premier League title.
Last Friday, in response to allegations that the club had breached Premier League financial regulations, Guardiola took a shot at Gerrard’s mistake by asking, “Was that our fault?”
The 52 year-old has now publicly apologised to Gerrard during Tuesday’s press conference ahead of Arsenal’s clash, having also done so in private.
“I apologise to Steven Gerrard for my unnecessary and stupid comments I said last time about him,” he said.
“He knows how I admire him and his career, what he has done for this country where I’m living and training. I am ashamed of myself for what I said because he doesn’t deserve it. I truly believe in my comments in my previous press conference to defend my club but I didn’t represent my club well putting his name in these stupid comments.
“I apologised to him personally but I have to do it here as well. I’m so sorry for him, for Alex his wife, kids, family because it was stupid.”
City were served with Premier League legal papers on Monday last week, announcing charges over alleged financial rule breaches which could lead to a points deduction or expulsion from the top flight.
The charges against the reigning champions relate to financial information regarding revenue, details of manager and player remuneration, UEFA regulations, profitability and sustainability and co-operation with Premier League investigations.
A statement from the league said alleged breaches were committed from September 2009 to the 2017-18 season and that they will be referred to an independent commission.
It added that the club is alleged to have breached league rules requiring provision ‘in utmost good faith’ of ‘accurate financial information that gives a true and fair view of the club’s financial position’.
Fans took to social media shortly after the new was announced to call for Manchester City to have their titles stripped. However, Guardiola disagreed and referenced Gerrard’s slip when defending his team.
Gerrard’s slip saw Demba Ba open the scoring for Chelsea at Anfield in late April 2014, with Liverpool a matter of games away from lifting the Premier League.
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