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Sports News of Tuesday, 21 July 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

I don't respect Arsenal off the pitch, Guardiola reveals

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Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has revealed that he has no respect for Arsenal off the pitch.

Pep who lost Mikel Arteta to Arsenal was shipped-off the FA Cup competition by his former assistant's side over the weekend.

The Spaniard has reportedly been dissatisfied with Arsenal's mode of acquiring his former assistant, Arteta.

Reflecting on City's FA Cup semi-final defeat to Arsenal, Guardiola said: "The opponents always deserve my respect and credit, and Arsenal, they have it..

"I have all the respect for what Arsenal are on the pitch - not much off the pitch, but on the pitch a lot. So I congratulate them and good luck against Chelsea in the final."

"Part of the good work Arsenal have done, I give them a lot of credit for - what they did, how good they defended," Guardiola said.

"We didn't do it properly. We had enough chances to score goals and we didn't do it. I just congratulate them, learn from this and prepare for Madrid. We move forward, it's forgotten.

"Now we are incredibly excited and incredibly optimistic about the game against Madrid, for the players we have.

"We know if we play at a decent level, higher than we played against Arsenal, we'll have our chance. If not, we'll be out."

Haviung lost out on the chance to win a treble this season, City's attention is now focused on the Champions League and next month's clash with newly-crowned Spanish champions Real Madrid on August 7 in the delayed second leg of their last-16 tie, leading 2-1 from the first encounter in February. [ Sky Sports]