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Pep Guardiola action suggests Andy Robertson should’ve been sent off for what he did in Man City 0-2 Liverpool
Pep Guardiola experienced a stressful opening 45 minutes against Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
The Spaniard watched his Manchester City side fall behind in just the 14th minute after a strike from Mohamed Salah – following a creative corner routine by the Reds – and rarely tested Alisson without the presence of Erling Haaland in attack, despite some promising runs from Jeremy Doku and Omar Marmoush.
Dominik Szoboszlai then made it 2-0 in the 37th minute following yet another assist from the Liverpool No.11 this season𝓡, his 21st of the campaign across all co𒐪mpetitions.
However, before the Egypt international opened the scoring, a gesture from Pep Guardiola seemed to suggest Andy Robertson elbowed Rico Lewis in 𝄹the ninth minute – which is a red card offence.
What Pep Guardiola was seen doing during Manchester City vs Liverpool
The 54-year-old was unhappy after the🅰 Scotland international came barging into the Manchester City No.82 right beside him on the touchline.
As also noticed by the , Guardiola then gesticulated to Anthony Taylor that Robertson had elbowed L꧅ewis, which – as Thomas Frank reiterated back in December – should be a sending off.
After Joao Pedro swung an elbow at Yehor Yarmolyuk during a clash between Brighton and Brentford, the Dane said: “As I understand✃ the rules, you can’t swing your arm to try and hit someone. Whether you hit them or not, it’s a red, that’s how we understand the rules.”
Thomas Frank was left confused as to why Joao Pedro was not sent off during Brentford's goalless draw wi🔯th Brighton.
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD)
The official Football Association (FA) rulebook does not specifically m🃏ake any mention to an elbow in particular, but such an act ♒would surely fall under violent conduct.
Lewis did win a freekick following the contact from Robertson – who almost joined Everton – so Taylor had spotted the incident.
Andy Robertson then helped Mohamed Salah make Premier League history
After staying on t🃏he pitch, the Liverpool No.26 play♌ed a key role in the opener.
As Jami🔯e Carragher, who isn’t backing Liverpool in Europe, pointed out during half-time🐓, Robertson pinned Phil Foden when Alexis Mac Allister ☂took the corner, preventing the England international from reaching Szoboszlai, who teed up Salah to score.
1 – Mohamed Salah is t🐽he first player in Premier League history to score and assist in ⛄both games against the reigning champions in a season. King.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe)
In doing so, the Egyptian becomes the first player in Premier League history to score and assist in both league games against the r♍eigning champions.