Pep on the red card: "We won the game and now Szoboszlai cannot play. I know he pulled him, but there are many pulls in a game where the referee says, 'Play on, play on’.” "In this country, in thi...

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Original Title: Pep on the red card: "We won the game and now Szoboszlai cannot play. I know he pulled him, but there are many pulls in a game where the referee says, 'Play on, play on’.” "In this country, in this league, it’s always been like that. So, give a goal, 3-1, Szoboszlai can play and we are happy”

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola echoed Haaland’s comments.

“Common sense, no?” he said in his press conference when asked about the incident.

"We won the game and now Szoboszlai cannot play. I know he pulled him, but there are many pulls in a game where the referee says, ‘Play on, play on, play on’.

“In this country, in this league, it’s always been like that. So, give a goal, 3-1, Szoboszlai can play and we are happy.”