Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has labelled the match ball used in the Carabao Cup as “unacceptable”.
City progressed into the quarter-finals of the competition, seeing off Wolves 4-1 via a penalty shoot-out, after there were no goals in 120 minutes of football.
Guardiola was unhappy with the Mitre match ball, which is usually used in Football League matches.
“It is not acceptable. The ball was unacceptable for a high-level competition,” the Spaniard said.
“It is too light, it moves all over the place, it is not a good ball. It is impossible to score with a ball like that and I can say that because we won, I’m not making excuses.
“All of my players said, ‘What is that?’ I’m sorry [but the] Carabao Cup is not a serious ball for a serious competition.
“It’s [for] marketing, money, OK but it’s not acceptable – [it has] no weight, nothing.”
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