Pep Guardiola given two-game Champions League ban for conduct during Liverpool defeat
He will serve only one of the games next season
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been handed a two-game suspension by Uefa for his conduct during the defeat to Liverpool in this season's Champions League quarter-finals.
The 47-year-old was sent off for complaining about a decision at half-time of the second-leg at the Etihad on 10 April.
He will serve a one-game ban next season, with the second game deferred for a year.
After being sent to the stands for protesting a goal being disallowed and verbally abusing a referee, Guardiola appeared to send communications to his coaching staff from his second-half seat high in the main stand.
In a case from the first leg, Liverpool were also fined 20,000 euros for crowd disturbances, including an attack on the City team bus and objects being thrown in the stadium.
Liverpool were fined 6,000 euros for fireworks being sent off and objects thrown in the second leg with City.
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