Despite being far superior throughout the match, the citizen group could only rescue a match tie against The Pochettino Spurs, who had Erik Lamela (goal and assist) and the debut of Gio Lo Celso over the end. On the other side, Sterling and the “Kun” scored for the home and the latter had a cross with Pep Guardiola in the middle of the match. In the 65th minute of play and shortly after Lucas Moura’s 2–2 goal, the Spaniard sent Gabriel Jesús to the court instead of the Argentine, who when he stepped off the field faced former Barcelona. In a face-to-face dispute before everyone’s eyes, the tension between the two was seen.
At that time, Guardiola continued to becry from the pen and Agéero was not unaffected from his seat, but minutes later everything was going to change. In game 92, Gabriel Jesús put the 3 to 2 that would then be canceled by the VAR and at that moment, the cameras took a hug between the protagonists. Later, at a press conference, Pep explained what happened and it was all caused by a misunderstanding of the Argentine striker for an alleged critique that was not such. “He thought I had mad at him for the goal we awarded after a corner. But I rarely get angry at the players.”
“Emotions are part of our game. With the “Kun” we talked during the game and after. He’s a guy I love very much, I know of his feelings outside of what’s going on inside the court,” the coach said, leaving in oblivion the questionment that was unnecessary but left in sight.
