Pep Guardiola could not hide his frustration when asked about a penalty shout during Manchester City's win over Crystal Palace.
Kevin De Bruyne collided with Wilfried Zaha in the second half of the Premier League game at Selhurst Park and the video assistant referees agreed with official Anthony Taylor that it was not a penalty.
Guardiola went into full sarcasm mode about the incident and referenced both a winner that City had ruled out against Tottenham when VAR flagged up an accidental handball from Aymeric Laporte in injury time, and a foul at David Silva in the box at Bournemouth that was not given by VAR but was acknowledged as an incorrect decision long after the match was finished.
"It's diving. It's diving, it's diving," said Guardiola when asked if his team should have had a penalty. "Every weekend it is diving. Bournemouth, here. But against Tottenham it was hands, real hands in the 94th minute. It's diving again."
When it was commented on that the City manager sounded frustrated, he replied: "Of course I am."
And when it was put to him that he must have hoped VAR would improve the decisions made during games, he simply said: "Next question."
Guardiola was more pleased with the way his team had picked up the result. Even though he admitted they could have taken more of the chances that they created, the City manager was happy that the team created chances after falling flat against Wolves.
