Guardiola unrepentant over Manchester City fans plea

Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola says he will not apologise for urging fans to fill empty seats at Manchester City's Etihad stadium after his comments irritated some of the club's supporters.

The City boss said this week that he wanted a bigger crowd at Saturday's home game against Southampton than the 38,062 who watched his side's 6-3 Champions League win over RB Leipzig in midweek. Guardiola's comments annoyed some supporters, who felt the manager had questioned their loyalty, but he said that was a misinterpretation of his comments.

The City manager said at his pre-match press conference on Friday: "Did I say after the game against Leipzig that I was disappointed that the stadium was not full? An interpretation is an interpretation. I am not going to apologise for what I said. What I said was we would love, and we need, the support."

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