Pep Guardiola has instructed Manchester Metropolis defender Joao Cancelo that he should “study to regulate his feelings” after he was despatched off in opposition to Fulham.
Metropolis had been made to work for all three factors in opposition to the Cottagers as they performed a lot of the recreation with ten males.
Julian Alvarez fired Man Metropolis in entrance early on however Cancelo was despatched off simply earlier than the half-hour mark following a problem on Harry Wilson.
Fulham had been subsequently awarded a penalty and this was transformed by Andreas Pereira.
Guardiola’s aspect had been nonetheless on prime for the remainder of the sport but it surely seemed like they must accept a degree till they got a penalty of their very own in stoppage time.
Erling Haaland stepped as much as take the spot-kick after earlier having a objective dominated out for offside.
Ex-Arsenal goalkeeper Benrd Leno bought a hand on Haaland’s kick however he was unable to maintain it out as Man Metropolis ran out 2-1 winners.
This victory lifts Metropolis again to the highest of the desk forward of Arsenal’s recreation in opposition to Chelsea on Sunday.
Guardiola said post-match that his aspect had been “excellent in all departments”.
“Once you play 65 minutes with 10 v 11 it’s a completely different form of win,” Guardiola instructed BBC Sport.
“We performed a implausible recreation for 90-95 minutes. We conceded one shot on track, after all they missed Mitrovic however the best way we performed was excellent in all departments.
“Everybody runs, everybody made a contribution. A giant praise to the crew.”
On the pink card: “[Cancelo] has to study. It could occur in soccer and so they rating a objective, however you need to play 11 v 11. Hopefully he can study for the long run.
“He’s an distinctive participant and all that he has given to us these years is superb, however he has to study to regulate his feelings and management his actions. I’m fairly positive he’ll study.”
On Haaland’s penalty: “He hit the penalty. He hit robust. Their goalkeeper is an unbelievable penalty saver however ultimately, the coin got here to our aspect.”
Haaland admitted after the win that he was “actually nervous” about taking his penalty.
“I used to be actually nervous [before the penalty]. It’s about getting although the state of affairs within the correct means and that’s what I did,” Haaland added.
“I don’t care the way it went it, it’s about it moving into. Superb feeling.
“For me it was about coming in with some power and try to get a objective as a result of these three factors are actually vital. It was about making an attempt to get it and that’s what we did.
“Once you go 10 v 11 for 70 minutes it’s troublesome, I don’t suppose any crew would do it nearly as good as we did it immediately.
“I used to be one week out and at last I’m again. A superb feeling.”
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