Pep Guardiola criticises Anthony Taylor and Rodri after Man City red card vs Nottingham Forest
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPep Guardiola revealed Rodri had apologised to his Manchester City teammates after he was sent off during the win against Nottingham Forest at the Etihad.
The defensive midfielder saw red inside the first minute of the second half after he shoved Morgan Gibbs-White in the throat during a confrontation between the two near the corner flag.
It left City, who led 2-0 at the time, hanging on as Steve Cooper threw on more and more attacking players, but the Blues survived the onslaught to make it six successive wins to start to the Premier League season. ALSO READ: City and Guardiola embrace the chaos in Forest win ALSO READ: City player ratings vs Nottingham Forest But while Guardiola said Rodri had to learn to control his emotions after seeing red, he also slammed the performance of referee Anthony Taylor, who booked 10 players in the game as well as dismissing Rodri and cautioning Guardiola himself.
Guardiola was particularly incensed that Willy Boly escaped an early booking for bringing down Erling Haaland, but Manuel Akanji was booked for bringing down Taiwo Awoniyi in a similar incident. "The first minute Haaland goes alone to the goal and it’s a yellow card [that isn't given], it’s the same guy who makes an action to Rodri and it’s a yellow card and that would be the second yellow card.
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