{"id":545104,"date":"2025-11-02T23:29:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T23:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/545104\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T23:29:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T23:29:21","slug":"pep-guardiola-hits-out-at-referee-anthony-taylor-after-manchester-city-victory-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/545104\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola hits out at referee Anthony Taylor after Manchester City victory \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pep Guardiola hit out at referee Anthony Taylor despite watching his side beat Bournemouth 3-1 to go back up to second in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

Erling Haaland scored a brace, either side of a disputed Bournemouth equaliser scored by Tyler Adams, before Nico O\u2019Reilly\u2019s second-half strike settled it.<\/p>\n

Even though City eventually won comfortably, they were left fuming that Adams\u2019 goal stood after Bournemouth skipper David Brooks tangled with Gianluigi Donnarumma as he defended a corner \u2013 with the City goalkeeper claiming he had been tugged as he went to punch clear.<\/p>\n

VAR Paul Tierney backed Taylor\u2019s view that contact had been incidental \u2013 to the fury of Donnarumma who was booked.<\/p>\n

\"Liam<\/a>\"Glentoran<\/a><\/p>\n

After the game Guardiola suggested he has become accustomed to decisions going against his team during his time in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe conceded I\u2019m sorry to tell you an unbelievable goal for the official,\u201d Guardiola said. \u201cI\u2019m one decade here and we know each other quite well, I\u2019m so pleased with what we achieved with Man City despite everything\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cCome on, it\u2019s 10 years. So I know them\u2026I don\u2019t call (the officials). I don\u2019t have time. My schedule is three games, I have games. I don\u2019t have time to waste my time talking. No, no, absolutely not.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said to him after when we see each other, tell me if it\u2019s a foul or not because I\u2019m waiting. If it\u2019s a foul or not, just tell me. Just take a look. It\u2019s fine. They\u2019re brave here. In the Etihad they are brave, so brave.\u201d<\/p>\n

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“He lives for the goals.” \ud83d\udcac@PepTeam<\/a> on @ErlingHaaland<\/a> \ud83d\udc4a pic.twitter.com\/fdMjKCsHVV<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Manchester City (@ManCity) November 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Haaland\u2019s brace took him to 13 goals in 10 Premier League appearances this season. The problem for City is that their next highest scorer is Burnley defender Maxime Esteve, who put the ball into his own net twice at the Etihad in September, with no other City player having more than one goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout him, it would be tough!\u201d Guardiola said of Haaland.<\/p>\n

Asked if he can be compared with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, Guardiola added: \u201cOf course he\u2019s at that level. The difference of Cristiano and Messi is the numbers have been for 15 years. Messi is in MLS and still scores two or three goals every day, Cristiano in Saudi is the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he\u2019s at that level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Defeat for Bournemouth was their first in the league since the opening day of the season, and one that means they keep the unwanted record of having lost on every league visit to the Etihad.<\/p>\n

\"PepPep Guardiola (right) speaks with Erling Haaland after the final whistle (Martin Rickett\/PA) <\/p>\n

Andoni Iraola\u2019s side have enjoyed great success so far this campaign playing with a high line, but here it was ruthlessly exposed by the pace of Haaland in the first half.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe played a decent game but decent is not enough to take something from this kind of stadium, you need to have something special,\u201d Iraola said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the first half they punished us with Haaland. The way we want to play, we accept there is a risk behind the defensive line and probably the combination of the new centre-backs has not been spot on.<\/p>\n

\u201cAgainst other players maybe you have time to correct but against Haaland if you lose one metre it\u2019s impossible to recover.\u201d<\/p>\n