'I couldn't travel, but someone from Man City was there': Pep Guardiola hits back at UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin after he was criticised for not attending a coaches' meeting on VAR Aleksander Ceferin was unhappy that Pep Guardiola did not attend on Monday Also unhappy that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Mauricio Pochettino were absent Guardiola claimed that he had booked tickets to travel to meeting in Germany He had to send assistant Brian Kidd after City's game at Everton was rearranged
By Chris Wheeler for MailOnline
Published: 15:50 GMT, 8 February 2019 | Updated: 15:50 GMT, 8 February 2019
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Pep Guardiola has hit back at UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin after he was criticised for not attending a coaches' meeting on VAR.
Only five of the 16 clubs that have reached the Champions League knockout stages - Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Roma, Schalke and Lyon - sent their head coach to the seminar in Germany on Monday.
With Jurgen Klopp excused because Liverpool were playing at West Ham on Monday night, Ceferin was unhappy that Guardiola, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Mauricio Pochettino were among the