{"id":1102223,"date":"2019-08-18T15:38:13","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T14:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1102223"},"modified":"2019-08-19T12:08:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T11:08:48","slug":"man-city-boss-guardiola-explains-misunderstanding-behind-aguero-touchline-argument","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/man-city-boss-guardiola-explains-misunderstanding-behind-aguero-touchline-argument\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City boss Guardiola explains &#8220;misunderstanding&#8221; behind Aguero touchline argument"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has played down his heated touchline discussion with Sergio Aguero during Saturday&#8217;s 2-2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pair were seen engaged in an emotional conversation after the Argentine marksman was hauled off with 24 minutes remaining of the Premier League encounter.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7343141-chelsea-can-get-excited-about-n-golo-kante-s-messi-impression<\/p>\n<p>The in-form Raheem Sterling put City in front before Erik Lamela equalised and Aguero netted a crucial strike to put the hosts back in front before being substituted. Lucas Moura \u2013 seconds after coming on \u2013 would ultimately then level proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Once taken off for Gabriel Jesus, who saw a very late winner denied by the video assistant referee (VAR), the club&#8217;s record goalscorer looked nonplussed and made his feelings known to Guardiola who in turn give back as good as he got.<\/p>\n<p>The initial feeling behind the substitution was Guardiola being upset with Aguero&#8217;s defending in the build up to Moura&#8217;s goal, but that couldn&#8217;t be any further from the truth as a frustrated Guardiola explained post-match.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Can Raheem Sterling be Top Goalscorer? w\/Jamie Jackson and Sam Lee\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g8-k6cnP3wA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka&#8217;s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a misunderstanding. Sergio was upset because he thought I blamed him for their second equaliser,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2019\/aug\/17\/pep-guardiola-var-manchester-city-tottenham-premier-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Emotions were running high. We played really well, we controlled left and right and created chances against a good side but we need to be more clinical. Tottenham created two chances and nothing else but unfortunately for us they scored them both.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our pressing and control was fantastic but we could not win the match. People will say we should do better but I don&#8217;t know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Pep-Aguero show: Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Aguero was substituted with 24 minutes remaining in Man City&#8217;s 2-2 draw with Spurs.<\/li>\n<li>Earlier in the game he scored his 233rd goal for City to put them back in front.<\/li>\n<li>Sterling had given City the lead before Lamela equalised for the visitors.<\/li>\n<li>Moura grabbed Spurs&#8217; second equaliser of the game seconds after coming off the bench.<\/li>\n<li>Aguero and City manager Guardiola were engaged in a heated discussion as he was being subbed off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"9fed2a1e-e3a3-46d7-b0c4-f7c53b7cee74\" data-show-info=\"false\" data-show-share=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has played down his heated touchline discussion with Sergio Aguero during Saturday&#8217;s 2-2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur. 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