Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola faces two-match suspension. The Spanish captain withdrew his fifth card of the season in the lead-up to the English Cup match against Newcastle (3:1).

The reason was an emotional fight with the fourth referee due to the violation of the rules against Jeremiah Doku, as the judges were deprived without respect. According to the new rules in English football, three early cards for a coach mean disqualification for one game, and six cards in advance mean an automatic skipping of two matches.

Guardiola took this news with his trademark sarcasm, talking about his efforts to fix.

" And judicial decisions that are important for me to understand. If Jeremiah pulls from behind, tse foul here, but not here. May those who may. There will be a two-match ban. I will go to the exit for the next two games, and the team will continue to play,” Guardiola told reporters after the final whistle.

The coach also added ironically: I’ll tell you one thing - we have all the records in this country, absolutely everything. Now we have another record for the coach with the largest number of yellow cards. I want all the records, and now I have them. And speeches like 10 years of work here I still can’t understand. Of course, I will always kidnap Doku and my team."

On the other hand, there are positive news for patients in the area.

The suspension will continue to be extended for the Premier League and FA Cup matches, Guardiola will miss the championship match against West Ham and the FA Cup quarter-final match.

Prote Vin is guaranteed to be in the coaching position for the English League Cup final against Arsenal, which will take place on 22 February at Vembly. Also, the sanctions will not apply to the European Cups, so Guardiola will take control of his team in the upcoming Champions League match against Real Madrid.