GUARDIOLA CONCEDES HE IS OUT OF CONTROL

PEP GUARDIOLA admitted he is uncontrollable on the touchline as the Football Association debate whether to charge the Manchester City manager after his bizarre incident with Nathan Redmond. Guardiola (right) has until Monday night to explain his actions and revealed regret for the way he enthusiastically confronted the Southampton winger after Wednesday’s last-gasp win. Redmond wrote that the contents of the conversation were positive but the FA were alarmed at the Catalan’s aggressiveness. ‘I cannot control myself. Hopefully I will improve,’ he said. ‘I did it in Munich, with my old player (Joshua) Kimmich. I did the same in Dortmund and had regret there after the game and the same now. ‘I said what I said and what Nathan said in his statement. I admire Redmond as a player and say thank you for his comments but if the FA want my statement again, I am able to explain whatever they want. ‘If they don’t believe me, I don’t know what we’re doing here. When I give you an opinion, I give you an opinion. I explain what happened. ‘If people don’t believe me, let’s cancel our press conferences and just play the games.’ The FA could ban, fine or warn Guardiola should they see fit to charge the City boss ahead of next week’s derby with Manchester United at Old Trafford. Guardiola also held similar discussions with Virgil van Dijk — who City were interested in signing last season — Oriol Romeu and Mario Lemina. He was construed as being derogatory towards Southampton boss Mauricio Pellegrino after telling Redmond he should have attacked more. However, Guardiola refuted those suggestions, saying: ‘I never judge the way my opponents play against my team. Never in my career, on or off the pitch, was I disrespectful about what they believe they have to do to beat me. ‘Everyone wants to win the game. We didn’t win clearly because it’s so complicated when ten players defend in the box. They believe that is the best way. ‘I’ve faced this kind of team a lot in my career and I have to think how to beat them. I said to Nathan you have to attack because you have the quality to do that. ‘I saw many Southampton games. He can play the way he played but he can play completely different. They are among the teams who have created the most chances until now. His team can do both things and I expect that they attack.’