Bruno Fernandes says he shushed Pep Guardiola because the City boss did not show him respect on the touchline.
The two men were involved in a touchline spat toward’s the end of the fixture.
Guardiola threw the ball away and Fernandes then put his finger to his lips in a ‘sssh’ gesture as they exchanged words.
Fernandes,who was brilliant once again in that fixture says he might react differently but only returned the disrespect Guardiola showed to him.
‘I talked about [the incident] with some friends,’ said Fernandes as h/t by the Daily Mail.
‘Some people think like, “Pep won everything, who is Bruno to do this to him?”.
“But I think it’s about respect. Now, outside of the pitch, calm, I don’t do this again if I’m on the pitch now.”
“But at that moment, the words he told me made me mad and on the pitch I’m a little bit nervous. It’s the kind of player I am.”
“I have respect for Pep and what he wins and what he did for football because he changed some mentalities in football.”
“But I think in that moment he didn’t respect me, so he didn’t deserve my respect at that moment on the pitch.”
