‘I was caught off guard,’ Guardiola insists no intent to joke with ‘self-harm’ – Blueprint Newspapers Restricted

Pep Guardiola insisted Wednesday he didn’t imply to make gentle of problems with self hurt after feedback a couple of lower on his nostril following Manchester City’s Champions League collapse in opposition to Feyenoord.

The City boss was noticed with the scratch throughout Tuesday’s 3-3 draw on the Etihad, during which they blew a 3-0 lead, and was requested about it throughout his post-match press convention.

Guardiola replied that he had precipitated it with a fingernail, including apparently as a joke: “I want to harm myself.”

City went into the sport on the again of 5 straight defeats in all competitions.

Guardiola held his head in his fingers within the dugout after a Josko Gvardiol blunder gifted the primary Feyenoord purpose to Anis Hadj Moussa.

The Spaniard took to social media to make clear his response on Wednesday, saying: “I used to be caught off guard with a query on the finish of a press convention final night time a couple of scratch which had appeared on my face and defined {that a} sharp fingernail had unintentionally precipitated this.

“My reply was by no means supposed to make gentle of the very severe problem of self hurt.