Here are your Manchester City evening headlines on Saturday, February 18. What Guardiola told officials to earn a yellow card Pep Guardiola admitted he had been given a deserved yellow card after complaining to officials over a penalty claim for Erling Haaland.
In one of the rare moments in the game where he earned space, Haaland charged past Forest defender Joe Worrall into the box only to theatrically go down as the pair went for a bouncing ball.
Referee Graham Scott decided there had not been enough contact for a penalty, to the fury of Guardiola. READ MORE: 'What can I say?' - Guardiola reacts to City dropped points against Forest City's manager first ran to the edge of the pitch, then turned his ire on the fourth official as he demanded to know why Haaland would go down in such a situation.
Scott then came over to the touchline and booked Guardiola for his reaction. It was a fair point for Guardiola to raise in asking why Haaland would fall if he was through on goal, but the evidence supported the officials as any contact was minimal that would not have caused such a fall.