Pep Guardiola has apologised to Gabriel Jesus after refusing the Manchester City striker’s request to take the late penalty at Liverpool that Riyad Mahrez blazed over the bar. The City manager, who passed on his instruction via Benjamin Mendy, said: “During the training sessions every day I see Mahrez taking the penalties and it gave me a lot of confidence. He was on the pitch when the first penalty was not given,” the City manager said. “I’m really happy with what the boys did, I thought how we defended was brilliant,” the Liverpool manager said. “If somebody had told me after eight fixtures 20 points I’d say yes but with this fixture list I would buy it,” he added.

Source: The Irish Times October 07, 2018 21:22 UTC