Ederson will be booked if Newcastle waste time, predicts bemused Pep

There
has
been
plenty
of
focus
on
Newcastle’s
gamesmanship
this
season,
with
Manchester
United
manager
Erik
ten
Hag
describing
the
Magpies
as
“annoying”
ahead
of
the
EFL
Cup
final.

When
the
topic
was
raised
with
Guardiola,
however,
he
preferred
to
fume
about
punishment
dished
out
to
his
goalkeeper
in
the
top-of-the-table
clash
with
Arsenal.

“If
[there
is]
a
waste
of
time,
we
will
have
a
yellow
card
for
Ederson,”
Guardiola
said.
“Don’t
worry.

“We
are
the
team
with
the
least
waste
of
time,
and
the
first
time
we
go
to
Arsenal
away,
after
35,
37
minutes,
we
got
a
yellow
card,
so
don’t
worry
about
wasting
time.”

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—
Manchester
City
(@ManCity)

March
4,
2023

If
Newcastle
were
allowed
to
get
away
wasting
time
at
the
Etihad
Stadium
in
Saturday’s
early
kick-off,
Guardiola
suggests
that
would
be
nothing
new
for
City’s
opponents.

“It
depends
on
the
referee,
but
I’m
pretty
sure
the
yellow
will
be
for
Ederson,”
he
said.

“How
many
thousand
million
games
[do]
teams
come
to
the
Etihad
Stadium
and
waste
time
with
their
keepers?
Twenty
seconds
every
time
–
the
goal-kick
–
and
nothing
happens.
Absolutely
nothing.

“And
after,
we
go
there
[to
Arsenal],
we
want
to
be
active
to
play
and
we
get
a
yellow
card.”