Regarding City's Goal Against Liverpool's Goalpost That Was Disallowed by the Referee, Guardiola: This is Anfield

JAKARTA - Manchester City coach, Josep Guardiola was annoyed with the referee's decision to annull Phil Foden's goal in the match against Liverpool. After the game, Guardiola threw a satire.

The duel Liverpool vs Manchester City in the 11th week of the 2022/2023 Premier League on Sunday night ended with a 1-0 advantage for the hosts. The Reds' single goal was created by Mohamed Salah in the 76th minute.

Quoted from BBC Sport, Monday, Manchester City actually scored first in the 53rd minute through Phil Foden. He successfully took advantage of the vomit ball from the direction of Alisson Becker's goal which fell to his feet.

Without wasting opportunities, Foden immediately kicked the ball hard towards the goal. Although it had hit the feet of Liverpool players, but the ball still went into the goal.

Man City players immediately rushed to celebrate Foden's goal before the referee intervened by showing a review gesture via the video assistant referee (VAR).

As a result, VAR judged the goal to be invalid because in the replay, Erling Haaland was deemed to have committed a foul when he snatched the ball from Fabinho in the middle of the field.

The VAR decision made Guardiola furious on the touchline. After the match, Guardiola highlighted the referee's decision which he considered unfair through a satire.

"This is Anfield," Guardiola said, quoted by BBC Sport.

"The referee came to the coach and said play on, play on. There were a million fouls. But after we scored, he decided to stop the game," he snapped.

Losing three points at Anfield Stadium makes City still stuck in second place standings with a collection of 23 points. While Liverpool are in eighth position with 13 points.