Pep taking a different stance to City’s covidiots and getting defensive for a change... this time around Mendy who hosted a NYE party
From The Times:
“He’s part of the group, he is one of the good guys, is much beloved in our group, in the stands today he was the more [animated] player with Fernandinho and the other ones so he is a special guy for all of us, he has an incredible heart,” Guardiola said of the France left back. “He had good intentions with the heart that he has, but he has to understand some things.
“He invited two or three people on New Year’s Eve, they all tested negative, but they were at his house. I would like to know how many people had five or six people at home on New Year’s Eve, I’m pretty sure many.”
“I don’t think football players are more important than a doctor, NHS people or architects or a teacher in the school for my kids, why [are we] more important than the other ones?” he said. “Normally in society we judge the other one, it would be better if we judge ourselves.
Pep Guardiola passionately defended Benjamin Mendy last night after the Manchester City defender became the seventh Premier League player in two days to be found to have breached Covid-19 rules by
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