Guardiola defends his on-field chats with players, denying Roy Keane's suggestion that they're just for show.

Guardiola & Haaland talked after match, leaving Keane disappointed.

November 3rd 2023.

Guardiola defends his on-field chats with players, denying Roy Keane's suggestion that they're just for show.
Keane was not impressed with Guardiola's antics after last week's derby. After City eased to a 3-0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford, Guardiola found his striker Erling Haaland on the pitch to discuss the incident. Keane called it 'all for show' and said that Guardiola could've had the chat in the dressing room.

But Guardiola hit back Friday, saying he didn't need to do something for the people. He said he respects Keane a lot, but that doesn't mean he has to go inside after the game. He explained that he wanted to celebrate with the fans and chat with Haaland about the second goal and the miss when Andre Onana saved his header.

He also said that he could have done it inside, but he didn't think he had to do it for the people. Guardiola insisted that he has done it many times in the locker room.

City are two points off the top heading into the weekend and they are set to host Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon. With Tottenham and Arsenal both on 26 points ahead of them, all eyes will be on the reigning champions to see if they can close the gap.

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