Manchester City kicked off the Premier League season on Friday evening away to newly-promoted Burnley.
The Sky Blues had little issue dispatching the Clarets, easing to a 3-0 win to put them top of the table.
Erling Haaland scored twice in the first half to give City a two-goal lead at the break, but when the whistle blew for half-time, Pep Guardiola was clearly not happy with his star striker:
βYou werenβt moving with three minutes left,β Guardiola said in scenes captured by a Sky camera. βWith one minute left we had to make long balls, completely opposite, itβs the right tempo right now.β
Speaking at half-time on Sky Sports, Gary Neville said the incident would divide opinion, adding that he did not believe that Sir Alex Ferguson would have reacted in the way that Guardiola did.
Neville said: βThereβll be some people whoβll love the intensity of that and say that thatβs why heβs the best manager on the planet. Then thereβll be others who will say that you shouldnβt do that in a public forum, grabbing his arm in front of the cameras.
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