Guardiola holds his hands up

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Guardiola has apologised to Gabriel Jesus after refusing the Manchester City striker’s request to take the late penalty at Liverpool that Riyad Mahrez blazed over the bar.

Mahrez missed a glorious chance to give the Premier League champions a first win at Anfield in 15 years plus a two-point lead over Liverpool and Chelsea at the top of the table with an 86th-minute penalty. Despite the Algeria international’s poor record and Jesus’s appeals to take the penalty, Guardiola insisted that the summer signing assume spot-kick duties with the regular taker, Sergio Aguero, substituted. (Agencies)