Manchester United Celebrated In The Past Over Manchester City – Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola has apologised to Manchester United if the club were offended by his team’s celebrations following Man City’s 2-1 derby win on Sunday, but insisted his team did nothing out of the ordinary.

“If we were not correct than I apologise to all of Manchester United — our intentions was not that,” Guardiola told a news conference. “It was to celebrate inside the locker room. If the people cannot understand that then I’m sorry.

“We won a derby — if we offended United — not just one player, not Jose [Mourinho] — Manchester United, then I apologise. Sometimes United made a lot of celebrations in the past over City. All the managers celebrate sometimes and exceed. But it didn’t happen. We have to enjoy those moments.”

“I did the ridiculous thing with Redmond. I don’t want to do that, believe me, but sometimes you do,” he added.

“Sometimes you can control yourself and say ‘OK, it’s not necessary to go there.’ We haven’t won anything so we went in the locker room.

“You discuss if it’s a penalty or not football — that’s part of football — and after we go to the locker room.

“To celebrate with your fans is part of it. In Germany everyone goes over if you win or lose. I said when I arrived that winning or losing, you have to go over when you are away to say thank you. The last action was in the corner and we celebrated there in a normal way — nothing exceptional.”