Pep Guardiola talks about his expulsion

The Manchester City's store will still be talking about the Champions League for a while. And in the preview of the match against Tottenham - which could crown the 'citizens' as champions - Josep Guardiola referred to his expulsion in Tuesday's match against Liverpool and revealed what the Spanish referee Mateu Lahoz told him.

'Pep' assured that the referee of the match said to him, "if you had said that to me in the dressing room, nothing would have happened, but you said it in front of the public and that's why I expelled you". He also stated that "if people don't do what they have to do, I have to defend my team because they can't feel alone".

Remember that during half-time of the match between City and the Reds, Guardiola approached the referee and complained about the disallowed goal for Sané and was sent to the stands.

The coach also referred to the semi-final clashes, especially the one between Bayern Munich - his former team - and Real Madrid. Guardiola has no doubts about which team he will support.

"I will support Bayern. Hopefully, they have more luck than in previous years and can qualify. It's a classic. Since we are not there and neither is Barcelona, I will support Bayern. I am a big fan," he declared.