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Pep Guardiola assesses Man City's goal controversy in West Brom game

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straight to your inboxPep Guardiola will remind Manchester City players of the need to play to the whistle after they benefited from West Brom failing to do so themselves.

With the Blues already 1-0 up, a number of West Brom players stopped when they saw an offside flag for Bernardo Silva, only for Joao Cancelo to put the ball in the net and the original decision be overturned on replays.

Sam Allardyce and his players were furious with the decision, although technically the flag should not have been enough for them to stop playing because it was not accompanied by the referee's whistle.

Speaking after a 5-0 win for his side that took them to the top of the table, Guardiola was sympathetic for his opponents - he knows more than most how.

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