Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says he was targeted by objects during fiery Liverpool clash

Pep Guardiola was left furious by a disallowed goal in the wake of his Manchester City side’s 1-0 defeat at Liverpool and claimed he was targeted by objects thrown at him by the home crowd. City slumped to their first defeat of the season at Anfield, as Mohamed Salah’s second-half strike proved decisive in a frantic and incident-packed match. Ad Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was sent off late on for protesting at the referee, while Guardiola accused the fans of targeting him.

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Anthony Taylor was called to the VAR monitor after the goal went in and judged that Erling Haaland had fouled Fabinho in the build-up. ‘Perfect result’ – Klopp delighted with Liverpool win over ‘best team in the world’ Man City Liverpool to battle Chelsea for Leipzig striker Nkunku — Paper Round »This is Anfield, every time you come here lately unfortunately this is Anfield,” Guardiola said. «We played a really good game, but this is a game where there are really fine margins, and mistakes are punished.

We made a mistake and we cannot concede and that's why we lost the game. »We played to beat Liverpool today, definitely we played for that. After 1-0 the crowd shouted but we shouted more on the pitch.