‘It’s not necessary what he does’: Pep Guardiola hits out at Everton’s Yerry Mina for his behaviour

Pep Guardiola accused Yerry Mina of underhanded tactics after an angry confrontation with the Everton defender at full-time.

The Manchester City manager marched onto the pitch after his team’s 3-0 win and headed straight for the Colombian. Guardiola stood in front of Mina and waved his arms animatedly, shouting as he made his point.

Mina had been involved in the rough play of the game almost from the first minute. He wrestled with Erling Haaland, who was unhappy with the physicality and was later involved in a skirmish with Aymeric Laporte, when there appeared to be a pinch.

Guardiola, who also approached substitute Conor Coady, would not say what Mina had done to make him so angry.

“I’m a big fan of Coady, I admire him from Wolves,” said Guardiola. ‘Mine? It is not necessary what he does. Outside of football it is not necessary to do what he does every game. And I said to him, “You’re a good enough player to avoid this kind of thing”.

Mina is on the ground – and Guardiola called his actions at Goodison Park ‘unnecessary’

‘He knows (what he did). Ask him. This is not physical, this is not mental. There are things that are not necessary to do that he does. This time with Aymeric, Jack (Grealish), everyone. Ask him.’

Everton boss Sean Dyche, who went straight down the tunnel after clapping Everton fans, didn’t want to get into a fight with Guardiola but reacted with scathing when it was suggested that Mina is a common offender.

“He (Guardiola) must have done well to see it, because (Mina) hasn’t been on the field in weeks!” said Dyche, who only recalled the center last week. ‘Each manager has his own way of working.’

The altercation detracted from the ease with which City dealt with Everton, with Ilkay Gundogan scoring twice for the second game either side of the mandatory goal – his 52nd of the season – from Haaland.

Gundogan is out of contract in the summer and has been linked with a move to Barcelona, ​​but Guardiola is more than happy to be captain, as he was at Goodison, where he led from the front with two beautifully taken goals.

“He can show the quality and the importance and his commitment time and time again, for all of us, for the club, not just by scoring goals, now he has his momentum,” said Guardiola, who wants the Germany international to extend his stay . .

“He doesn’t talk much, but when he talks everyone listens and that’s the leader’s strength. He shows his leadership in every training session – showing up on time, doing your job for 24 hours and playing the way he plays.

“He’s a player who, when he gets close to the box, has an incredible sense of purpose. He can play as a defensive midfielder, no problem, he proved that years ago when Fernandinho got injured, he played in games like Burnley, long balls, you think you need a physical player, but he’s so smart and he’s a man who handles the pressure well.’

Guardiola told the defender that ‘he’s ‘good enough to avoid this kind of thing’

City’s 11th consecutive win means they need a maximum of six points for a fifth title in six seasons.

They inflicted a record 10th home league defeat of the season to Everton, who remain 17th and a point above Leeds, but of equal concern was the withdrawal of striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin at half-time.

Although the England international has scored just one goal in five appearances since returning from two-and-a-half months out with a hamstring injury, he has provided much-needed focus and performance has improved as a result.

Dyche, who realistically needs to get one win from their two remaining matches against Wolves and Bournemouth, said he had taken the injury-prone striker off as a precaution.

“I had to call because he felt his groin and tight groins could lead to damaged groins,” he said.

‘It would have been more difficult at 0-0 than at 2-0. He wanted to continue, but I said, ‘Dom, you’re going off.’

On his side’s performance, in which they did not bother City, he added: “Many of the performances were straight against a top side, but you get punished if you make the slightest mistake.

“We had perhaps the best chance with Mason Holgate (who missed a difficult chance at close range at 0-0).

“There were some excellent performances, Dwight (McNeil) was excellent, Doucs (Abdoulaye Doucoure), Conor (Coady) came on and influenced it in a change of shape (to a 5-4-1).”