Casey Stoney shakes her head. As a female manager, getting animated on the touchline seems to cause all manner of social meltdowns. “That’s the thing that frustrates me,” she says, “a male does the same thing and he’s passionate. I do it and I’m angry. Are we not allowed emotions?”

It is a familiar trope that the Manchester United women’s head coach points to, from the United States national women’s team’s emphatic celebrations after scoring 10 goals against Thailand at the World Cup, to Serena Williams at the 2018 US Open final – sportswomen facing criticism for showing anger, passion or frustration. Stoney’s words take on a timely significance this week, as a video of Pep Guardiola gesticulating incredulously in the fourth official’s face, about his team’s penalty claim against Liverpool, began circulating online. The video has been turned into countless memes shared in the thousands, all iterations embracing the hilarity of the moment, not the anger.

Meanwhile, the last time Stoney expressed any hint of disagreement with an official, by feigning to kick a bottle on the touchline during United’s win over Liverpool, a national newspaper accused her of “failing to set an example to the fans”, in the same match some were reportedly singing offensive Hillsborough chants. It is because of these double standards that Stoney believes no female coach will lead a senior men’s team in this country anytime soon. But Chelsea women’s manager Emma Hayes was linked to the club’s men’s job during the summer? Stoney is unconvinced. “I just don’t see it in my lifetime,” the 37-year-old sighs. “If it does, would it be a PR stunt? I’d love to see it, there are some fantastic female coaches out there. But every manager has a bad spell at some point, I don’t think you’d be afforded that luxury if you were a woman.”