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Pep Guardiola has defended the integrity of referees in English football after the backlash to Nottingham Forest’s statement on Stuart Attwell’s involvement in their defeat at Everton.
The Manchester City manager insisted that he ‘absolutely disagrees’ with Forest’s accusation of bias regarding the appointment of the Luton Town fan as a VAR official.
The Premier League manager said he was ‘extremely disappointed’ and added that it was ‘never appropriate to improperly question the integrity of match officials’.
‘I absolutely disagree,’ Guardiola said. ‘The referees want to do the job as best as possible. They feel the pressure, we put pressure on them for the passion of the game in the moment.
‘But when I sit here and reflect, they try to do their best and are under scrutiny with the
