Pep Guardiola has expressed his frustration with refereeing and says that Manchester City have been on the receiving end of poor decisions for a decade. This comes after Bournemouth's equaliser was allowed to stand despite protests from Gianluigi Donnarumma. Despite winning the match 3-1 and overtaking the Cherries to secure second place in the Premier League, Guardiola was irate about the 'unbelievable' goal scored by Tyler Adams.

This followed David Brooks momentarily pulling Donnarumma's arm from a corner, an incident which Guardiola highlighted unprompted post-match. Guardiola revealed he had asked referee Anthony Taylor to clarify whether it was a foul or not, but stated he wouldn't waste his time discussing the decision with the officials as it was part of a pattern he has observed over the past 10 years at the Etihad.

"I don't call to the officials and the referees, I'm not the manager to do that," he said. He noted that many esteemed managers have done so in the past, but it's not his style.

"I don't do it. Of course they will not call me, but [Brooks went] there and pulled [Donnarumma's arm]...