By Adam Lanigan For The Mail On Sunday
Published: 23:39 GMT, 9 March 2019 | Updated: 23:39 GMT, 9 March 2019
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Pep Guardiola issued an apology to Watford over the award of Manchester City's first goal on Saturday, and admitted that VAR cannot arrive soon enough in the Premier League.
Raheem Sterling's goal in the 46th minute, which set City on their way to a 3-1 win, and to open up a four-point lead at the top of the Premier League, was mired in controversy.
It was initially ruled out for offside as Sergio Aguero laid off a pass from Ilkay Gundogan into Sterling's path.
Raheem Sterling was offside for his first goal, but the referee decided to give the goal anyway
Pep Guardiola says that if the goal was offside, then he is sorry to Watford for the decision
The winger was clear ahead of the Watford defence, but a touch from right-back Daryl Janmaat clouded proceedings as he kicked the ball onto Sterling's shin and watched it loop over goalkeeper Ben Foster and into the net.
However, referee Paul Tierney overruled his assistant, deeming that the City winger was not active and so the goal was given.
Guardiola knew the goal opened up a can of words and instead preferred to focus on the introduction of VAR to help our beleaguered officials. In fact, the City boss thinks it is not good enough that the Premier League is lagging behind the Bundesliga, Serie A and La Liga in not already using more technology.
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