Pep Guardiola: Man City boss demands clarity from Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta over Premier League champions’ ‘dark arts’ tactics | Football news

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has demanded clarity from Arsenal colleague Mikel Arteta over his comments about the Premier League champions’ ‘dark arts’.

Last weekend was exciting Super Sunday In the match between City and Arsenal, Arteta’s Gunners were criticized for their tactics, especially in the second half of the match after being reduced to ten men following Leandro Trossard’s red card.

City duo John Stones and Bernardo Silva accused 10-player Arsenal of ‘time-wasting’ and ‘dirty’ tactics after a string of their players required treatment during a stormy second period – but Arteta then hit back at his subsequent press conference on Tuesday, suggesting that City have similar skills up their sleeve.

“I’ve been there before at City,” said Arteta, who worked as Guardiola’s assistant before joining Arsenal. “I’ve been there for four years. I have all the information, so I know.”

And during his own press conference on Friday, Guardiola called on Arteta to explain his comments, especially in the context of City being charged with 115 breaches of Premier League financial rules. The hearing in that case began earlier this month.

“Next time Mikel must be clearer,” Guardiola said. “Next time he should be clear about what exactly he means: he has been here for four years and he knows exactly what happened here.

“Because it could be related to the 115-count trial, he may know information about that. Don’t know.

“Next time he should say it more clearly. Instead of there being clouds, he should be more precise.”

Arteta: I love and admire Pep despite rivalry

Speaking at his own press conference on Friday, Arteta said his personal relationship with Guardiola has not changed despite City and Arsenal battling it out at the top of the table.

Sunday’s match at the Etihad Stadium featured aggressive scenes at the whistle, with City striker Erling Haaland telling Arteta to “stay humble, eh” as he patted the Arsenal manager on the back.

“I love him. I respect him and admire him. I admire his team and everything he does,” Arteta said of his relationship with Guardiola.

“One thing is our professional, another is my personal relationship. If that has to be damaged because we play against each other, then I would not talk to him anymore! That is not a relationship that we both have. Sports is.” certainly never stand in my way of a personal relationship.

Arteta further pushed back on criticism of Arsenal’s tactics in Manchester last weekend: “It’s part of what we do. I don’t want to be on YouTube because we’ve been so stupid.”

“I want to be on YouTube in May because we’ve done the right things, for the right reasons, and promoted what we want to achieve.

“To do that, we have to be efficient in what we do. I didn’t predict that we would play 56 minutes with ten men. Sometimes the opponent is better at something in the game. That doesn’t mean they are better, it means they do better at that specific thing in one game.

“When we hear negative criticism about where we are, what we have experienced in the last three games, then you know what the expectations are. We have to raise the level, that’s all.”

What are the 115 charges against Man City?

Manchester City have been accused of breaching financial fair play rules over a nine-year period starting in 2009 and lasting until 2018. They have also been accused of failing to co-operate with Premier League investigations into their finances.

During that period, Man City, who have denied all charges against them, won the Premier League three times.

The Premier League’s financial fair play rules are designed to ensure that clubs spend virtually what they earn. You can avoid this potential by increasing the amount you earn or hiding how much you spend.

The Premier League says Man City broke the rules for nine seasons by allegedly failing to provide accurate financial information.

One of the charges against City is that they failed to fully disclose the financial compensation paid to one of their managers over a four-year period. The suggestion is that there was a secret contract so that one of the managers was paid much more than officially stated.

What are the possible penalties?

Everything is at stake. The punishment they can receive is unlimited. This committee can punish them in any way they deem necessary.

According to Premier League rules, this could involve points deductions, a fine or even expulsion from the Premier League.

When will the case be heard?

The city’s hearing was moved up to September 16 after originally scheduled to start in November.

The formal hearing with the independent commission is expected to last around ten weeks, with both the Premier League and City taking lengthy legal action and laying out their cases.

The independent committee will then go away and consider all the evidence and consider their decision. That process is expected to take several months due to the magnitude of the charges and the amount of information that needs to be reviewed.

Therefore, it could be March – or later – before a committee decision is made public. Once they have reached their conclusion, it will be published.