Pep Guardiola, Manchester City coach, expressed his hope that VAR will improve in the future after the controversy that occurred in Tottenham-Liverpool (2-1) over the annulment of a legal goal to Luis Díaz.
In England, debate has intensified these days about whether VAR technology is beneficial or harmful to football as a result of VAR referees’ mistake on Saturday when they awarded a legal goal to Luis Díaz.
“It was a mistake and we have to accept it. Human errors happen and VAR is there to reduce them. I hope they finish here and get better. The Premier League and the VAR people will try to improve it. VAR was introduced to make our sport fairer and we hope that in the future it will be even better,” said the Spanish coach.
Liverpool, when they see what happened in VAR, will ask for the match to be replayed, as their coach said on Thursday. Jurgen Klopp, but this is almost impossible, considering the regulations of UEFA and the Premier League.
Guardiola also clearly referred in today’s press conference to the great game that Arsenal and Manchester City will play on Sunday at the Emirates Stadium. Both teams had an exciting battle last season in the Premier League which ended up being decided in favor of the ‘citizens’.
“Arsenal are back to stay for the long haul”
“Arsenal was our biggest rival last season. They weren’t there then. They have arrived and will stay there for a long time,” said Guardiola, for whom the ‘gunners’ and the Arsenal and Liverpool are their main threats in the fight to retain the title.
“They (Arsenal) are a good team… They have a clear pattern. They fight to be champions and now they are here again. Arsenal are back,” said Guardiola. “When I was young and I was at Barcelona, Arsenal was always there and now back. Going to the Emirates is one of the most difficult games.”
The city had another point but lost to the Community
Arsenal opened the season by winning the Community Shield at Wembley by beating City on penalties (1-1 and 4-1) and, unlike City, they are unbeaten in seven games played in the Premier League , although they are third by one point. of the leader, City itself, which last Saturday saw its entire victory against Wolverhampton (2-1) cut short.
“For Wolves it’s completely different to Arsenal. Wolves defense from the first minute. I never thought that would happen at Arsenal. We have to adapt, we know each other quite a bit and we’ll see,” added Pep.
Rodri will serve his sentence
City have beaten Arsenal in their last 12 league games, but Guardiola’s side will have to cope without Rodri, a key figure in midfield. The Spanish midfielder will serve his third and final game of suspension after being sent off on September 23 against Nottingham.
“Today we will talk to the staff, tomorrow we will analyze. We will prepare it tomorrow,” Guardiola said. “Rodri is one of the two or three best midfielders in the world, but we coped with the absences for many years. “We will play without him on Sunday.”
Source: La Verdad
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