Manchester Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola is dealing with a two-game touchline ban after being booked for the sixth time this season throughout Saturday’s FA Cup win at Newcastle.
Guardiola was proven a yellow card after confronting fourth official Lewis Smith on the touchline at St James’ Park after Kieran Trippier had fouled Metropolis’s Jeremy Doku.
New rules launched this season imply Premier League managers are suspended for one recreation as soon as they’ve acquired three yellow playing cards, whereas six cautions will lead to a two-match ban.
The ban applies to league and FA Cup video games however not European video games or home cup finals, that means Guardiola will likely be on the touchline for the Carabao Cup ultimate with Arsenal on 22 March.
Nevertheless, the Spaniard should sit out subsequent Saturday’s Premier League fixture with West Ham and Metropolis’s FA Cup quarter-final conflict on the weekend of 4-5 April, with the draw but to be made for that spherical.
After the win at Newcastle, Guardiola stated of his offended response that led to his reserving: “I’ll inform you one thing – now we have all of the data on this nation, all of them, regardless of every part.
“We have now the document of the supervisor with essentially the most yellow playing cards. I would like all data and now I’ve it, two-game ban now and I’ll go on holidays the following two video games.
“There are issues after 10 years I can’t perceive. Overview the motion. In fact I’ll defend Doku and all my groups.”
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