Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has blasted Wayne Rooney for saying his players overcelebrated after beating Arsenal at the Etihad. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
Branding Rooney’s statement stupid, Guardiola noted that the celebrations were not excessive, given the importance of the game.
Pep added that the match was basically a final for his team, so the reaction to the victory was completely normal.
His words, “When they celebrated, people can say whatever — stupid things they want to say — they celebrated because they know the value of the opponent.
They knew if we didn’t win it would be ‘bye bye.’ They won and still we are there. How can they not celebrate it?
As much as you respect the opponent and the fans of the opponent, celebrate however you want.
Wait until the end of the season to celebrate? Come on.
I said to them ‘every single game go to our fans and enjoy the moment.’
What sense is there not to live it? You have to celebrate just once if you win? And if you don’t win you cry all the time? Come on.
Everybody knew that game. It was a final. Especially for us. Maybe not for them but for us it was a final and of course you have to celebrate it.”
WOW.
Pep Guardiola Sala is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is currently managing Premier League club Manchester City. Guardiola is the only manager to win the continental treble twice, the youngest to win the UEFA Champions League, and he also holds the records for the most consecutive league games won in La Liga, the Bundesliga, and the Premier League. He is considered to be one of the greatest managers of all time.
Guardiola has played for and advocated on behalf of the Catalonia football team. Between 1995 and 2005, he played seven friendly games for Catalonia.
Under Guardiola’s predecessor Frank Rijkaard, Barcelona were known for a 4–3–3 with plenty of flair with Ronaldinho being the centre point of the attack. Under Guardiola, however, the team became more disciplined with a greater focus on possession and a disciplined and aggressive pressing style.
Guardiola was born to Dolors and Valentí. He has two older sisters and a younger brother, Pere, a football agent. He is an atheist. Guardiola met his wife Cristina Serra when he was 18. They married on 29 May 2014.
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