Goal.com · Apr 19, 2019
Guardiola still supports VAR despite Champions League exit
The technology truck played a big part in his team being dumped out of Europe but his opinion on technology has not changed
Pep Guardiola insists he is still a supporter of video assistant referees (VAR) despite Manchester City's dramatic exit from the Champions League at the hands of Tottenham.
Guardiola's City trailed 1-0 from the first leg and traded goal for goal in a European classic that will live long in the memory for its dramatic moments – a couple of which involved technology.
Fernando Llorente was the beneficiary of the first, with the officials deeming a crossed ball to have found the back of the net via the Spanish striker's hip, despite calls for a hand ball.
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