{"id":302085,"date":"2023-12-12T17:15:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=302085"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:15:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:15:21","slug":"fans-call-for-pep-guardiola-to-be-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/fans-call-for-pep-guardiola-to-be-banned\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans call for Pep Guardiola to be banned"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Fans call for Pep Guardiola to be banned after Man City boss accosted the referee and celebrated outside of his technical area during comeback victory over Luton<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Man City came from behind to beat Luton 2-1 on Sunday afternoon\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>City were behind at half-time but Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish hit back\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Man City have dipped, but Gary Neville is WRONG to say they&#8217;re complacent &#8211; Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fans are calling for\u00a0Pep Guardiola\u00a0to be banned following his actions during Manchester City\u00a0vs Luton Town.<\/p>\n<p> City survived a scare as they recovered from going a goal behind at half-time to put down a brave fight by Luton and battle to a 2-1 Premier League victory at Kenilworth Road.<\/p>\n<p>The champions had been without a victory in four games and that run looked like stretching in the most unlikely circumstances when Elijah Adebayo headed in for Rob Edwards&#8217; side on the stroke of the interval.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola&#8217;s side then burst to life to revive their title defence, with two goals in three minutes from Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish turning the game on its head as a famous upset was narrowly bypassed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, much of the focus after the game was on Guardiola, who was seen berating the official at half-time before leaving his area to celebrate his side&#8217;s winner.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scroll down for video\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/18\/78793891-12847603-image-a-82_1702232138299.jpg\" height=\"579\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola approached the referee at the end of the first half of Sunday&#8217;s match\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former understudy Mikel Arteta was banned for Arsenal&#8217;s clash with Aston Villa\u00a0after over-celebrating his team&#8217;s late winner against Luton on Tuesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And fans have taken to social media to question why Guardiola isn&#8217;t receiving a similar punishment.<\/p>\n<p>After the game, Guardiola said: &#8216;we won and the most important thing for our dynamic is winning games. That helps a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I would say the first half against Fulham, Villa away they were much better than us.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But other than that we played well and sometimes we don&#8217;t get the result we deserve.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/18\/78793889-12847603-image-a-66_1702231768936.jpg\" height=\"601\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fans are calling for the City boss to receive a ban for his actions during the game\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/18\/78794163-12847603-image-a-88_1702233282439.jpg\" height=\"160\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/18\/78794189-12847603-image-a-89_1702233288948.jpg\" height=\"159\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/18\/78794191-12847603-image-a-90_1702233291467.jpg\" height=\"201\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is what it is. We have played the first half against these types of teams in this sort of stadium, (and today) we did it perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We conceded not much and created half chances to score.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The first half was much better than the second half. In the second we scored the goals. Overall, I am really satisfied.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The dynamic is good. Now go to Belgrade to defend the work we have done in the group stage, play Crystal Palace and then go to CWC in Saudi Arabia.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12847603\/Fans-call-Pep-Guardiola-banned-Man-City-boss-accosted-referee-celebrated-outside-technical-area-comeback-victory-Luton.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans call for Pep Guardiola to be banned after Man City boss accosted the referee and celebrated outside of his <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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