Manchester City are one of the winners of Matchday 5 of the Premier League.
Coach Pep Guardiola stinks that after the final whistle there was almost only talk about a less sporty scene.
One goal was enough for Manchester City to win over Arsenal at home.
Sergio Agüero became the involuntary leading actor - because of a thoughtless gesture.
Coach Pep Guardiola also comments on the hotly debated scene.
Manchester / Munich - The Merseyside derby outshone
everything
in the
Premier League *
this weekend.
Although the
Everton FC
and the reigning champions *
Liverpool FC
split
2-2 and thus without a winner, the emotional game had a lot to offer for discussion.
One of the beneficiaries of the division of points was
Manchester City
, which
triumphed
1-0 over
Arsenal
in the actual top game of the 5th round
, while
Chelsea
did not win despite two goals from Timo Werner and a goal from Kai Havertz *.
Raheem Sterling
scored the goal of the day in the duel between the two "Big Six" clubs
after just 23 minutes.
But much more is being debated in England afterwards about a scene from the 42nd minute of the game.
Crime scene: Outline.
Leading actors:
Sergio "Kun" Agüero
and Sian Massey-Ellis.
Liverpool team manager Klopp was upset about the VAR - in the video
Agüero and the assistant referee: Argentine owes a throw-in and gets upset
The latter,
an assistant referee
, decided after a ball that had flown out near the corner flag to throw in the "Gunners", which the Argentine in the service of ManCity did not really like.
Arsenal's Gabriel had shot the
attacking attacker skillfully
to give his team the standard.
Still, Aguero argued briefly by
pointing out
their
supposed mistake
to Massey-Ellis
and pointing to the line.
But the assistant referee was not in the mood for an
already hopeless discussion
and simply left the 32-year-old.
Agüero and the assistant referee: Suddenly the hand lands on the shoulder
Then Aguero followed her and put his
arm
briefly
on
Massey-Ellis'
shoulder
to draw her attention again.
And whoosh, the soccer motherland had its
excitement scene
.
Especially since the assistant referee found the gesture anything but gentleman-like and
brusquely
wiped her
hand away
.
Since then,
arguments from both camps have been
exchanged
on Twitter
.
So some observers wanted to interpret a sexist scene into it.
Others simply recognize familiar
emotions during a close game
.
It should be noted that for decades any intentional contact with the referee and his assistants was prevented.
This from Aguero is red card and 3 games ban.
No discussions.
By football law.
An official can't be grabbed, and even worse if it is in this patronizing way.
The fact the official in question is a woman makes the act even more distasteful pic.twitter.com/LGT2VZDBpf
- Tancredi Palmeri (@tancredipalmeri) October 18, 2020
Agüero and the assistant referee: Guardiola reacts indignantly to demand
And what do the experts say about the situation?
Agüero should have "known better", emphasized his former teammate
Micah Richards
at
Sky Sports
.
City coach
Pep Guardiola
, on the other hand, was unsurprisingly not in the mood for this sporting, absolutely meaningless event to be ridden around.
"Come on guys,
Sergio is the nicest person
I've ever met in my life," the Catalan jumped to his player at the press conference after the game: "Look for
other problems in other situations
, not this one."
In addition to the three points, Agüero himself was particularly happy about an otherwise successful comeback after a four-month
forced break due to a knee injury
.
“Great to be back,” tweeted
Diego Maradona's former son-in-law
.
On the other hand, he didn't want to say a word about the “scene of the game”.
(mg) * tz.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editorial network
Feliz de volver a jugar!
// Great to be back 🤟🏽💪🏽 #ManCity pic.twitter.com/VC4xpgFxGf
- Sergio Kun Aguero (@aguerosergiokun) October 17, 2020
Zlatan Ibrahimovic also caused a stir in the Milan city derby - first with two goals, then with a blood photo *.