Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola appeared with wounds covering his head after his team’s match against Dutch Feyenoord in the fifth round of the Champions League, which ended in a dramatic 3-3 draw, continuing City’s series of negative results this season.
At the time when journalists asked him about the cause of the scratches, Guardiola said in an angry press conference: “It was done with my finger. I want to hurt myself.”
Manchester City has not tasted victory for six matches, whether in the English Premier League or the Champions League, in a strange situation that the “heavenly giant” is experiencing, which prompted Guardiola to go out of his way more than once, to the point of accusing him of harming himself!
But the veteran Spanish coach later issued a press statement that was tainted with ambiguity, as he retracted his statement and said through his official accounts on social networking sites: “I was surprised by a question at the end of the press conference last night about a scratch that appeared on my face, and I explained that the reason for that was a sharp nail that I accidentally hit.”
He added: “My response was in no way intended to diminish the seriousness of the issue of self-harm, which is a very important issue.”
He continued: “I realize that many people suffer from mental health problems on a daily basis, and I would like to take this opportunity to highlight one of the ways in which people can get help, by calling the Samaritans Association or communicating with them via email.”
It is noteworthy that Manchester City occupies second place on the English Premier League table at the end of the 12th round with 23 points, 8 points behind “leader” Liverpool, while it occupies 15th place on the Champions League table with 8 points collected from 5 rounds.
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