• Manchester City manager still wearing ribbon after charge
• Sanctions would become stiffer with each guilty verdict
Pep Guardiola could be sanctioned further for continuing to wear a yellow ribbon in defiance of Football Association rules, with Manchester City’s manager facing a potential touchline ban. On Friday the FA charged Guardiola with wearing a political message and he has until next Monday to enter a plea. This was regarding his wearing of the ribbon during City’s FA Cup defeat at Wigan Athletic on 19 February.
Yet Guardiola again wore the ribbon for the Carabao Cup victory against Arsenal on Sunday. This was City’s first game since Wigan and Guardiola could face a separate charge. City are at Arsenal on Thursday and host Chelsea on Sunday. Guardiola said after the defeat of Arsenal that he would continue to wear the ribbon in defiance of the FA.
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