Manchester Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola reiterated that “everyone is innocent until proven guilty” as he responded to feedback from Jose Mourinho about successful “cleanly and fairly”. In direction of the tip of Sunday’s 2-0 loss at Liverpool, Guardiola was subjected to chants that he could be “sacked in the morning” from Reds followers and responded by holding up six fingers, to symbolize the variety of Premier League titles he has received with Metropolis. Two days later, when was requested about former Chelsea boss Mourinho holding up three fingers earlier than being axed by Manchester United in 2018, he mentioned: “I hope not in my case. Maybe in the end we are quite similar, like Jose. But he won three, I won six.” Mourinho, now in cost at Fenerbahce, on Friday was quoted by Turkey’s Sporx as saying: “I want to win, but I want to win cleanly and fairly. He won six trophies and I won three, but I won fair and clean. If I lost, I want to congratulate my opponent for being better than me. I don’t want to win by dealing with 150 cases.” Metropolis had been charged with 115 alleged breaches of top-flight monetary guidelines in February 2023, and with failing to co-operate with the following investigation. The membership have denied the costs and an end result is anticipated subsequent yr. Requested about Mourinho’s remarks at his pre-match press convention forward of Saturday’s journey to Crystal Palace, Guardiola mentioned: “It was a joke. But he’s another one in the huge list that they want the team being in, I don’t know, League One or the Conference. “I would say to Jose the same – we are innocent until proven guilty, and after that we will see what happens. It is what it is. It was completely a joke. “I think both with our teams, him with Chelsea, myself with Man City, we can sit at the table with Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger , right? For the many, many titles we won. “If I have offended him I’m so sorry, but it was a joke. The fact is he has three and I have six. This is a fact. But the intention was completely fine. “It is another one from the huge list in this country and more around the world that want us at the bottom. “It’s OK, it’s fine. I’ve said many times wait for the sentence and everyone, especially in democracy, is innocent until proven guilty. Right? So we’ll wait, and after we’ll see.” In addition to the six league titles, Metropolis’s haul of silverware since Guardiola took cost in 2016 consists of two FA Cups and 4 League Cups, and he has additionally overseen them successful the Champions League, Tremendous Cup and Membership World Cup. Guardiola was requested if he had ever envisaged it being nearly as good because it has been when he arrived on the membership, and the previous Barcelona and Bayern Munich head coach mentioned: “No. I remember many people say ‘he wins because it’s Barcelona with Leo Messi and the other ones’, I had to prove it in England. OK, we did it.” The end result at Anfield was a sixth defeat in a seven-game winless run for Metropolis, and fourth league loss in a row – a sequence they then ended with Wednesday’s 3-0 residence victory over Nottingham Forest. The champions at the moment lie fourth, 9 factors behind Arne Slot’s leaders Liverpool, and Guardiola mentioned: “We broke that bad run. Always it’s not easy when you don’t win for a long time, and now you break it and we have to try to continue with the players, the spirit we show, and we’ll see what happens.” The final two matches have seen Stefan Ortega play in aim, with Ederson on the bench, and requested what the latter needed to do to get again within the group, Guardiola mentioned: “He needs the manager to select him. This is what he needs, it’s simple.”
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