Pep Guardiola has again called for referees to better protect players, saying Manchester City are ‘lucky’ not to have more injury problems following their 3-0 win over West Brom.
Only on Sunday did the Spaniard reiterate his oft-repeated call to match officials, after Leroy Sane was ruled out for up to seven weeks after a bad tackle in the FA Cup win at Cardiff.
There was again controversy over poor challenges on Wednesday night, with Kevin De Bruyne and Brahim Diaz both coming a cropper to bad fouls.