Pep Guardiola defends Jack Grealish, Kyle Walker and Riyad Mahrez after night out and jokes they will be fined for not inviting him | Football News

Pep Guardiola has played down footage showing Jack Grealish, Kyle Walker and Riyad Mahrez on a night out in Manchester over the weekend and joked he is only upset they didn’t invite him.

The video, in which it is claimed Grealish had been refused entry to a Manchester bar for being “too drunk”, went viral on social media but Guardiola insists his players’ behaviour was “perfect”.

Guardiola reprimanded Grealish and Phil Foden when they were pictured on a night out after Manchester City’s 7-0 win over Leeds in December but on this occasion insisted his players had been for dinner with members of his backroom staff and done nothing wrong.

“I’m so upset because they didn’t invite me and I don’t like it,” he joked in his press conference ahead of Manchester City’s Premier League meeting with Brentford on Wednesday.

“Next time, hopefully, they can invite me.

“The video didn’t show exactly what happened. Dinner together, sober, enjoying with their mates and some of the backroom staff.

“The players know they take risks by going out because today there is social media but all of them were perfect. But they will be fined because they didn’t invite me.

Asked if he feels his players are unfairly treated, Guardiola added: “In this case, yes.”