UEFA set to investigate the ugly scene that happened at the end of Atletico Madrid and Manchester City Champions League match.
UEFA are set to investigate Atletico Madrid and Manchester City stars due to the ugly scene at the end of the Champions League game last night.
Host, Atletico Madrid played Manchester City in a game that ended 0-0 but City progressed to the semifinal on 1-0 aggregate.
Meanwhile towards the end of the match an ugly brawl occurred withAtletico man Savic at the center of it.
Savic was spotted headbutting Raheem Sterling and also pulling the hair of Jack Grealish before the end of the match.
Atletico Madrid player Felipe saw a second yellow card that made him miss the rest minutes of the game.
UEFA are set to appoint an ethics and disciplinary officer to oversee the investigation, which could see both sides hit with charges over the behaviour of their players, despite Atletico’s cynical fouling ultimately sparking the ugly scenes.
The fall-out from Wednesday’s shameful end to the tie continued, with Atletico president Enrique Cerezo hitting back at Guardiola’s “prehistory” jibe, made after the first leg. After Atletico’s ultra-defensive display at the Etihad, Guardiola accused them of playing a 5-5-0 formation and said “In pre-history, today and in a hundred thousand years, it’s difficult to attack a 5-5-0”.
After City clung on for a 0-0 draw in Madrid, to go through, Cerezo threw Guardiola’s jibe back in his face. Cerezo said: “We played a good game, attack and Manchester City yesterday played prehistory, defended themselves and put a wall in front of their goal. Everyone has seen it. City was a completely defensive team. Yesterday it was shown that everyone has their own prehistory.”
