By Daily Sports on December 24, 2019

Pep Guardiola has said he would back his players if they ever found themselves compelled to walk off during a game in protest against racist abuse.

The Manchester City manager was talking following the scenes that marred Chelsea's 1-0 win away to Tottenham Hotspur in the London derby on Sunday.

Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger reported he was subjected to racist abuse by home supporters which resulted in the Premier League's anti-racist protocol being initiated for the first time.

Those measures could have seen players leaving the field – a stance Guardiola insisted on Monday he would support should it happen in a game involving reigning English champions City.

“Of course. I support my players, I support the initiative,” Guardiola told a news conference.

“What happened, you have to battle day by day. It’s not about one club or one person or anything specific that happened. I said many times, in the football world it is more in vision because every game, every week, every day, a lot of actions happen.”

The Catalan added: “It is a battle we have to fight it every day, in schools especially, in the families at home to try to make a better society in the future for the next generation.

“It is a battle day-by-day. Of course, all the initiatives, it happened for the players and the federation, we are going to support.” (SuperSport)

•PHOTO: Pep Guardiola 

Source Daily Sports

Posted December 24, 2019

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