Pardew accuses Guardiola of winding up Etihad crowd
Alan Pardew accused Pep Guardiola of winding up the Etihad crowd to get on referee Bobby Madley’s back after the Manchester City boss claimed that his team were ‘lucky’ not to suffer more serious injuries on Wednesday. Alan Pardew wasn't happy with the behaviour of Pep Guardiola on Wednesday night ‘Today we were lucky, three or four days ago we were unlucky with Leroy,’ said Guardiola, who also lost David Silva to a hip injury. I have to accept it.’ Pardew accused Guardiola of trying to influence Premier League referee Bobby Madley However, Pardew thought Guardiola’s comments at the weekend primed the crowd to overreact, and also pointed to an alleged stamp by Fernandinho on Gregorz Krychowiak that went unpunished and led to the Poland international going off shortly afterwards. ‘I thought Pep's comments at the weekend affected the crowd,’ said the West Brom boss.
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